Gosho 御義口伝 Orally Transmitted Teachings on the Lotus Sutra

惣(そう)別(べつ)の付属塔中塔(たっちゅうとう)外(げ)之を思う可し、

You should keep in mind that there are distinctions between the general transmission of the sutra made outside the treasure tower as described in the “Entrustment” chapter and the specific transmission made within the tower as depicted in the “Super natural Powers” chapter.

We must consider the differences between the general and specific as well as the differences between the transfer from inside and outside the treasure tower.

　之に依(よ)つて涌(ゆ)出(しゅつ)寿量に事(こと)顕れ、神力(じんりき)・属(ぞく)累(るい)に事竟(おわ)るなり、

　Thus the transmission ceremony that began in the “Treasure Tower” chapter, with the teaching to be transmitted and the person to whom it is transferred revealed in the “Emerging from the Earth” and “Life Span” chapters, is brought to a conclusion in the “Supernatural Powers” and “Entrustment” chapters.

　[The entity of the Law to be transmitted] actually was revealed in the Emerging from the Earth chapter and the Life Span chapter of the Lotus Sutra, and [the transfer of the Law] was completed in the Wondrous Powers of the Tathagata chapter and the Entrustment chapter.

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