維摩經略疏 3.49

3.49

「若在居士，居士中尊，斷其貪著」，外國居財一億稱下居士，乃至百億名上居士；此土居家德素亦名居士。今謂居家多財大富之士名為居士，常以財利為懷。淨名迹示勝德，雖積財無量，惠施不窮，故為彼所尊。因隨彼機說四檀法，令離貪著，引入淨土。

"When among householders, he was honored among householders, severing their greed and attachment": in foreign lands, possessing a wealth of one hundred million makes one a lower householder, up to ten billion being a superior householder; in this land, one who dwells at home with plain virtue is also called a householder. Here it refers to a gentleman of the household with great wealth and affluence who is called a householder, constantly preoccupied with wealth and profit. Vimalakīrti manifested superior virtue in his trace: although he accumulated boundless wealth, his charitable giving was inexhaustible, and therefore he was honored by them. Following their capacities, he preached the four methods of dāna, causing them to abandon greed and attachment, leading them into the pure land.