法華論疏 3.325

3.325

小乘灰身滅智，實入無餘，此是有上涅槃。今為狂子方便言滅，三德涅槃實非永滅，故是無上。上釋菩提無上謂果義，今釋涅槃無上謂果果義，竝與《涅槃經》意同。而昔作無常及覆相常以釋法華者，一何謬哉。

In the Hīnayāna, the body is reduced to ashes and consciousness extinguished, genuinely entering into [nirvāṇa] without remainder; this is a nirvāṇa that is surpassed. Here, for the sake of the deranged children, it is expediently said that [the Buddha] has perished; the nirvāṇa of the three virtues is in reality not permanent extinction, and is therefore unsurpassed. Above, the explanation of unsurpassed bodhi referred to the meaning of the fruit; here, the explanation of unsurpassed nirvāṇa refers to the meaning of the fruit of the fruit. Both are identical in intent with the *Nirvāṇa-sūtra*. Yet those in the past who interpreted the *Lotus Sūtra* in terms of impermanence or as permanence with concealed characteristics—how mistaken they were!