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Subtle Meanings of Essential Passages in the Lotus Sutra (妙經文句私志諸品要義)

About 妙經文句私志諸品要義

Tang · by 智雲述

37,075 · about 124 min

The *Essential Meanings of Each Chapter from the Private Records of the Lotus Sutra's Text and Phrases*, composed by Master Zhiyun, is an important Tang Dynasty commentary on the *Lotus Sutra*. Based on Tiantai school thought, this work systematically explains the core meanings of each chapter of the *Lotus Sutra*, focusing on the elaboration of doctrines such as the One Vehicle of True Reality, opening the provisional to reveal the true, and the true aspect of all phenomena. Its content delves into the profound meaning of the sutra text, integrates the doctrinal classification system of Master Zhiyi, and provides a concise summation in response to the development of Buddhist doctrinal studies during the Tang Dynasty. This book is a significant Tiantai school document for the study of the *Lotus Sutra*, offering authoritative basis for later generations to understand the deeper principles of the sutra, and holds an important position in the history of Chinese Buddhist exegesis.


妙經文句私志諸品要義卷上
石皷寺沙門 智雲 述
方便品第二要義。
此經開方便門,示真實相。如經:諸佛法久後,要當說真實。既為真實,而唱正之首題稱方便品者,何耶?古或釋從昔為名,既指昔為方便,今為真實之義,則自明矣。
疑問:方便之名,無處不在,文無此說,義又不可矣。
又經之意,正為稱歎而立此名。如此釋,乃是毀斥,豈不違文乖義之甚?未敢聞也。余所聞有異於此,即是此經之方便,所謂妙矣。文云:何故慇𤏊稱歎諸佛第一方便?即其義也。此與餘經及此經論,文義並無乖矣。然何不直唱真實,便自別不濫,必從於通,致諸謬乎?曰:有由矣。
為自他同致實體,章此二能故也。若言真實,則失此之二義,故不可也。良由此人名通一切,今文從別。今文三釋,良有由矣。
初則從通,次從通別,後唯別也。人自迷非題之濫,良以迷於妙字故也。若爾,只此一句即足,何故更為四句?答:義理須爾,經中具有其義故也。既具有四,何故而從一題?答:為欲盡談諸法義理,故須四句,將明圓妙之義,四即是一,一即具四,故從一以題也。若爾皆得,何必四句?向以略明,今當更說,舉初收後故,舉本攝末故,說自修得令他同故,總彰顯法界一大緣起,全理而事,舉體而用故也。若爾,何故釋中仍約第三,依文說故,依義便故,方則佛自雙歎,便則只釋此之一句,即釋四句故,何故復明十雙?然方便之義,該於橫竪,及以修性自他,經中具有文義,向所明四句,且是橫義,修性自他竪義,並猶未顯,故今十雙方顯其致,何故須約八門解釋?然此經義意,必須如是,方始盡其義勢,況此方便,固其然也。若爾,應具四義,此中更要,而無觀解何耶?然此固有深致其意,先德既其不說,後賢又或未明,今亦未能知之,後生可畏,將來固有能者次位。或有說云:四句觀文一家常談,故略之也。今謂餘之三義亦常所談,今既有之觀門此中最要,而獨之恐不然矣。今試之言之,與後釋聞示四句觀釋義然全同,於後自明故此略之,更有餘意後當自會。然方便之義結片若是,願聞其要可得不乎?然斯亦不易,甞試言之:自他得真實之妙能故名方便,真實即理體也,亦名大乘緣起也。下文大事因緣,此明應用為眾生作一乘因果之緣起也。若云佛種從緣起,此亦約應用說,為眾生作修顯性之緣起也。又下文云常為大乘而作因緣,此亦應用也。總此三文並是體實而起妙用,令他得此一乘因果為方便,故知今經方便品是自他得妙法之因緣也。若依華嚴出現有十因緣,如來出並是利他為緣起,亦是應用方便之義也。又法界品即是自他入法界之因緣,亦方便也。總而言之,自行以因及果俱為方便亦俱名緣起,化他從體起用令他得妙因果及體為方便。今但言自他得體實之妙能故名方便,亦名一乘之緣起,及明法界之緣起,則理盡矣。

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