維摩經略疏 7.114

7.114

「維摩詰至乃可得坐」，四、明勸禮。所以禮者，身子及諸大弟子未入大道，新發意等雖是菩薩未住不思議解脫，不得自在之力。既不能昇，若禮彼佛，承佛神力乃可得昇。又解小乘歸向如來，即是迴心向大，表其至《法華》當安住實智授記作佛，故得昇也。諸新發意聞此不思議說，即心開悟解，或至《大品》得入，若至《法華》聞正直捨方便皆有入義，故得昇座也。

From "Vimalakīrti [said...]" down to "[...] only then will you be able to sit": fourth, explaining the exhortation to pay homage. The reason they pay homage is that Śāriputra and the great disciples have not entered the Great Path, and the newly resolved, though bodhisattvas, do not yet abide in the inconceivable liberation and have not attained the power of mastery. Since they cannot ascend, if they pay homage to that Buddha, relying on the Buddha's supernormal power, they will only then be able to ascend. Another interpretation: the Hinayana turning toward the Tathāgata is itself turning the mind toward the Great [Vehicle], signifying that when they reach the Lotus Sūtra, they will abide securely in true wisdom, receive the prophecy, and become buddhas; therefore they are able to ascend. When the newly resolved hear this inconceivable explanation, their minds immediately open in awakening and understanding: some will enter when they reach the Dàpǐn, and when they reach the Lotus Sūtra and hear of "straightforwardly discarding expedient means," all have the meaning of entering; therefore they are able to ascend the seats.