大乘入道次第開決 1.106

1.106

軌持稱法者。軌為軌則是法則義。持謂任持是法體義。具此二義故名為法。

Regarding "standardizing and sustaining is called 'dharma'": "standardizing" means a standard or rule, which is the sense of a norm; "sustaining" means maintaining or holding, which is the sense of the ontological substance of a dharma. Being endowed with these two meanings, it is called a "dharma."