法華論疏 1.83

1.83

As for 'because of being far removed from that which is capable of seeing and that which is seen, they are called having no more afflictions': this is an explanation within the phrase itself. For the arising of delusion necessarily depends on that which is capable of seeing and that which is seen; having arisen, if one is far removed from that which is capable of seeing and that which is seen, then afflictions do not arise. 'Well attaining liberation of mind and liberation of wisdom is called the mind being well-subdued': this is using the upper to explain the lower. 'Great dragons among men': this is an explanation within the phrase itself. Previously, explaining being far removed from that which is capable of seeing and that which is seen was explaining the upper within the upper; here it is explaining the lower within the lower. 'What ought to be done': this uses the upper to explain the lower. 'What was to be done has been accomplished': this is within the phrase itself. 'As the corresponding tasks have been accomplished' means corresponding with the principle of the Four Noble Truths. 'Leaving behind all heavy burdens': this is using the upper to explain the lower, using the two phrases above to explain this phrase. 'Attaining their own benefit': this uses the upper to explain the lower. 'Exhausting all fetters of existence': this uses the upper to explain the lower. 'Well attaining liberation of mind through correct knowledge': this uses the upper to explain the lower. 'All minds attaining mastery': this is an explanation within the phrase itself. 'Reaching the foremost other shore': this uses the upper to explain the lower, and is also an explanation within the phrase itself. 'Great arhats': this explains below in the sūtra 'such great arhats who are known to the multitude'; it uses the two phrases among the virtues praised above—'the mind attaining mastery' and 'reaching the other shore'—to explain it, because reaching the other shore denotes the ultimate śrāvakas, hence they are called great arhats. Question: How does 'the mind attaining mastery' explain 'great arhats'? Answer: The previous explanation stated that the mind attaining mastery possesses both concentration and wisdom; when both hindrances are completely exhausted, it is called the mind having mastery—these must be great arhats.