維摩經略疏 7.113

7.113

「舍利弗至不能昇」，三、身子辭不能昇。「此座高廣」者，《法華》明諸法空為座，空理深廣即其車高廣。身子及諸弟子新發意等，皆未入佛慧，不得不思議神通，寧得同大菩薩而昇？故雖見此座而不能昇。如人見幻一多互為，自不能作。身子等亦爾，雖見室包乾像，而無此神力，故不能昇。所以新發意不能昇者，若三藏伏結，五通既非漏盡，不及二乘，豈能昇也。通教六地斷結，與羅漢齊，得界內六通。若望圓教，猶新發意，羅漢既不能昇，六地豈能昇也。別三十心，雖得界外五通，亦名新發意，未入初地不思議解脫，豈能昇也。圓教十信，雖淨六根，亦名新發意，未入初住真應二身，豈能昇座。

From "Śāriputra [said...]" down to "[...] cannot ascend": third, Śāriputra excuses himself as unable to ascend. Regarding "These seats are tall and broad": the Lotus Sūtra explains that the emptiness of all phenomena is the seat; the profound breadth of the principle of emptiness is the very height and breadth of that carriage. Śāriputra, the other disciples, the newly resolved, and so forth have not yet entered the Buddha's wisdom and have not attained inconceivable supernormal powers; how could they ascend like the great bodhisattvas? Therefore, although they see these seats, they cannot ascend. It is like a person who sees an illusionist exchanging the one and the many, yet cannot do it himself. Śāriputra and the others are also like this: although they see the room encompassing the cosmic forms, they lack this supernormal power, and therefore cannot ascend. As for why the newly resolved cannot ascend: if in the Tripiṭaka [teachings] they have merely subdued the fetters, their five supernormal powers are not yet the cessation of outflows, falling short of the two vehicles—how could they ascend? In the Shared Teaching, at the sixth ground the fetters are severed, on par with an arhat, attaining the six supernormal powers within the realm [of transmigration]. Yet in comparison to the Perfect Teaching, they are still newly resolved; since an arhat cannot ascend, how could the sixth ground ascend? In the Distinct [Teaching], the thirty minds, although attaining the five supernormal powers beyond the realm, are also called newly resolved; not having entered the inconceivable liberation of the first ground, how could they ascend? In the Perfect Teaching, the ten faiths, although purifying the six sense faculties, are also called newly resolved; not having entered the two bodies—true and response—of the first abidance, how could they ascend the seats?