"Volume three of The Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sutra quotes the passage from The Summary of the Mahayana that states that in reading the sutras that are complete and final, one should rely on their texts to get at their p.1015essential meaning [but that in reading the sutras that are not complete and final, one should rely on the essential meaning of the sutras that are complete and final to interpret such texts]. The reason is that, if one interprets the texts of the pre-Lotus sutras literally, one will find oneself going contrary to the will of the Buddha.
In volume three of his Annotations on “The Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sutra,” when Miao-lo says, “Because the sutras preached prior to the Lotus are sutras that are not complete and final,” he is commenting on the above passage in Words and Phrases. And in volume ten of his On “The Profound Meaning,” Miao-lo further explains the meaning of the passage by saying that only in this one work, the Lotus Sutra, is the purpose of the Buddha’s earlier teachings fully explained as is the intention of the Lotus." - Regarding the Attainment of Buddhahood by Persons of the Two Vehicles
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