金光明經文句記 3.79

3.79

Second, from "moreover, humans" downward, explaining in terms of the four teachings. This is truly because this sūtra encompasses repentance for the three vehicles, and the three vehicles subsume the four teachings. Since the meaning of shame and conscience covers the four teachings, how could the four, such as confessing and submitting, not be so? An expositor, based on the meaning, should elaborate on this in detail. Furthermore, the worthy ranks of the four teachings all require exertion of effort, whereas the noble ones act spontaneously; this may be analogized to the deliberate and natural karmic retributions of humans and devas in the three realms. Furthermore, the worthies and nobles of the four teachings have practice and realization, whereas the principle of the four teachings is fundamentally uncreated; therefore they can again be named humans and devas, in four parts. First, the Tripiṭaka [Teaching], which has two parts: