維摩經略疏 2.25

2.25

「安處至大眾」，三、合譬。寶是法性萬善之理，無畏之座是諸法空，是為萬善無畏空座。身相巍巍與座相稱，譬實慧微妙與萬善無畏空理相應。此合須彌山譬。「蔽大眾」者，明說大教蔽眾妄解，同其真解弊諸邪小，四門同成大乘四門之解。此合顯大海譬。

"He was seated [upon the lion seat]… [surpassing all] the great assembly": third, the correlation of the simile. "Jewels" are the principle of the myriad virtues of the Dharma-nature; the seat of fearlessness is the emptiness of all dharmas: this constitutes the fearless, empty seat of myriad virtues. The sublime majesty of his physical marks matches the seat, which symbolizes how the wondrous subtlety of actual wisdom accords with the fearless, empty principle of myriad virtues. This correlates with the simile of Mount Sumeru. "Surpassing all the great assembly" clarifies that preaching the Great Teaching eclipses the erroneous understandings of the multitude; by unifying them in his true understanding, he surmounts all heterodox and inferior [views], and the four gates together become the understanding of the four gates of the Great Vehicle. This correlates with the simile of towering above the great ocean.