維摩義記 2.49

2.49

From here below is the second [section], which concludes with an overall admonition. 'Therefore, Maitreya, do not entice the devaputras with this dharma' is the direct admonition based on what precedes. Because the aforementioned Maitreya has nothing attained, he should not entice the devaputras with dharmas of cultivation and attainment that follow appearances. 'Truly there are none who generate [the aspiration], and none who regress' repeats the admonition by clarifying the principle. In terms of principle there is no person; hence there are none who generate the aspiration. 'Nor are there any who regress' concludes the preceding admonition. Next it instructs him. 'Maitreya, you should cause these devaputras to abandon the view of conceptualizing bodhi' offers an overall instruction and exhortation. The explanation begins below with 'why'. First is the interrogative query: The view of bodhi is good, so for what reason must it be abandoned? Below it explains in response. Here one should first explain the meaning of bodhi and then explain the text; the meaning is as [set forth in] a separate chapter. In the text it first says, 'Bodhi cannot be attained through the body, nor can it be attained through the mind,' which briefly opens two approaches. The section beginning with 'quiescence' expands upon it; the section beginning with 'incomparable' concludes. In the preceding opening of the approaches, why is it that it cannot be attained through the body or through the mind? Bodhi's true nature is wondrously quiescent and free from marks; because the five sense faculties cannot reach it, it cannot be attained through the body; because the cognitive object of the mental faculty cannot arrive at it, it cannot be attained through the mind. Furthermore, if there is a body, it is not bodhi; only when there is no body is it so; hence it cannot be attained through the body. If there is a mind, it is not bodhi; only when there is no mind is it so; hence it cannot be attained through the mind.