維摩經略疏 4.5

4.5

問：若五百各述顯淨名之德為入室生蘇之由者，此定屬序，非正說也。答：若成生蘇，豈專入室？或是爾前聞諸方等，如央掘所彈，或昔彈時、或聞今重述、或至入室、或至在後說諸方等，如是等時皆成生蘇，豈得定為入室成生蘇之哢胤屬序分耶？若以由蘇哢胤即是序者，入室為還菴園之由，亦即成序。

Question: If the five hundred each recounting [their rebukes] to reveal Vimalakīrti's virtue is the ground for entering the room and [accomplishing] curd, then this definitely belongs to the preface, not the main teaching. Answer: If it accomplishes curd, how could it be exclusively upon entering the room? It might be hearing the various vaipulya [sūtras] before that, such as the rebuke by Aṅgulimāla; or at the time of the past rebukes; or hearing the present retellings; or upon entering the room; or upon the later preaching of the various vaipulya [teachings]—at all such times curd is accomplished. How could it be definitely determined that serving as the prelude to entering the room and accomplishing curd must belong to the preface section? If, because it is the prelude to curd, it is therefore the preface, then entering the room is the ground for returning to the Āmrapālī Grove, and that too would then become the preface.