The Prose & Verse of The Lotus Sutra

Before we generally and specifically analyzed he ways & eans and concluded by combinng together provision and reality. Now we again illuminate them in terms of wisdom to make the meaning easier to see.

In explaining it generaly

When we generally clarify the dual wisdom¹ of one's own practice with the ten kinds of provision and reality, there is illumination of the two truths² according to wisdom.

When we generally apply these ten in adapting to conditions, there is illumination of the two truths in accordance with feelings.

When we tie these four together as two, there is the illumination of the two truths in accordance with feelings and wisdom.

In explaining it specifically:

When we properly analyze and illuminate the truths:

Principle & Phenomena
Doctrine & Practice
Attachment & Liberation
Cause & Effect

The four above are all about one's own realization and illumination of the two truths according to wisdom.

Principle & Doctrine
Separation & Union

The two above are both about the influence of others and the illumination of the two truths according to feelings.

Embodiment & Application
The Gradual & Sudden Teachings
The General & Specific Benefits
The Four Siddhanta

The four above are all about one's own practice and the influence of others and illumination of the two truths according to both wisdom and feelings.

Patterned after this they are all possible to understand

And in combining the general and specific explanations:

There are thirty kinds of dual wisdom³ in the Doctrine of the Three Baskets^4a. This is the dual wisdom that is the influence of others and the illumination of the two truths according to feelings.

When there are the sixty kinds of dual wisdom in the General and Specific Doctrines^4b-c, there is the dual wisdom of one's own practice and the influence of others, and the illumination of the two truths according to both wisdom and feelings. The General Doctrine^4b is sometimes combined with the Doctrine of the Three Baskets^4a, and they share the two truths that are only according to feelings.

When there are the thirty kinds of provision and reality in the Total Doctrine^4d, there is the dual wisdom of one's own practice and illumination of the two truths according to wisdom.

And whether being general or specific:

The Three Doctrines^4a-c are all adapting to conditions, the dual wisdom of influencing others, and the illumination of the two truths according to feelings

The Total Doctrine^4d is everywhere about the dual wisdom of one's own practice and the illumination of the two truths according to wisdom.

When these are all tied together, the reality of the Three Doctrines^4a-c is provisional, whereas the provisions of the Total Doctrine^3d are real. This is the dual wisdom of one's own practice and the influence of others and the illumination of the two truths according to wisdom and feelings.

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Footnotes:

1. Dual Wisdom: The provisional and real wisdom

2. The Two Truths: The truths of duality, emptiness & existence, absolute & mundane, etc.

3. Thirty kinds if dual wisdom: The ten kinds of provision and reality, multiplied by the three kinds:
a. One's own practice, and wisdom
b. The influence of others, and feelings
c. Both one's own practice and the influence of others, and the following of both feelings and wisdom
Like this there are thirty kinds of dual wisdom in each of The Four Doctrines

4. The Four Doctrines: The progressively deeper understandings of spiritual truth:
a. The Doctrine of the Three Baskets: The Truths of Birth & Extinction, on Causality & Conditions - For the Two Vehicles
b. The General Doctrine: The Truths Without Birth or Extinction, on Emptiness - For the Three Vehicles
c. The Specific Doctrine: The Limitless Truths, on That Which is Temporary - For the Bodhisattva
d. The Total Doctrine: The Innate Truth, on the Mean - For the Buddhas

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