法華論疏 2.141

2.141

From "Because the Tathāgata has accomplished four kinds of merits" downward is the second [part], explaining the Tathāgata's merits as a Dharma master. There are two parts to the text: first, briefly explaining the four kinds of merits; second, extensively explaining the four kinds of merits; which is also to say that first is presenting the sections, and later is the explanation. Within the first there are again two: first, the author of the Treatise explains in general the four kinds of merits; second, citing the sūtra to specifically explain the four kinds of merits, which explains the above "cause of sovereign preaching", because by possessing the four kinds of merits he is able to preach the Dharma.