維摩經略疏 3.69

3.69

問：淨名迹居人道可同凡夫而有事疾，內同菩薩有自體疾，既非二乘何得同其有無為疾？答：淨名住不思議，應以二乘身而得度者，即皆現之而同其疾。復次現通教菩薩之疾，與二乘同現疾義（云云），至〈問疾品〉當具分別。

Question: Vimalakīrti's traces dwelt in the human realm, so he could be like ordinary people in having concrete illness, and internally be like bodhisattvas in having the illness of intrinsic nature; since he is not of the two vehicles, how could he be like them in having unconditioned illness? Answer: Vimalakīrti abides in the inconceivable; to those who should be saved by a body of the two vehicles, he manifests all of them and shares their illness. Furthermore, manifesting the illness of a bodhisattva of the shared teaching shares the meaning of manifesting illness with the two vehicles (and so forth); when we come to the "Inquiring After the Illness" chapter, this will be fully distinguished.