大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 3.20

3.20

Regarding [the passage in] the Commentary: "Third, according with the capacity of the faculties": the text is divided into six parts: first, indicating the heading; second, taking up what preceded to initiate what follows; third, from "It is like" onward, revealing the characteristics through an analogy; fourth, from "Hence in Tuṣita" onward, citing sūtra texts to substantiate it; fifth, from "Extensively revealing" onward, pointing out that what is abridged here is found at length there; sixth, from "However, this" onward, determining the intended faculties. The phrase "those who hear it now are the faculties of the future" means that looking forward from the time the sūtra was preached, they belong to the future. Thus, in the chapter 'Arousing the Bodhicitta,' the Dharma-Wisdom [Bodhisattvas] of the ten directions together addressed the Buddha, saying: 'We shall all protect and maintain this Dharma, causing all bodhisattvas of future ages who have never heard it before to hear it completely.' These are likewise the faculties of the future.