維摩義記 4.67

4.67

Question: Why does [the text] not clarify what is seen directly in terms of the Buddha, but instead first contemplates oneself to draw an analogy to the Buddha? Explanation: There are four meanings. First, he wishes to cause people to trace the cause so as to know the fruit: by observing their own reality, they analogously know the essence of the Tathāgata's dharmakāya. Second, he wishes to cause people to use the fruit as a standard to know the cause: knowing that the Buddha's dharmakāya is of the same essence as their own, they realize and exhaust their own reality to accomplish the Buddha path. Third, he wishes to cause people to know that fruit and cause are of the same essence without difference, seeking all dharmas of the Buddha Tathāgata within their own persons. Fourth, he wishes to cause people to know that cause and fruit are of the same essence without difference, putting an end to divergent views and realizing and entering the equal dharma of Suchness.