維摩經略疏 7.6

7.6

「不至增乎」，次宣第三句。此問意者，如世人疾具有四種：一有從初服藥，但增而不損，終無瘥理，是名增增。二或雖困篤，方治即愈，是名增損。三或有服藥，初雖暫損而後更增，是名損增。四從初漸損乃至平復，是為損損。淨名應生同居，說十二部經治眾生疾，亦四根緣：一增增者，即底下凡夫，若為說法，更起誹謗闡提之罪，如善星、調達等也。二增損者，如尸利鞠多、鴦掘等也。三損增者，如《大論》明四禪比丘謂是四果，臨終見生處，謗無涅槃，即墮地獄。又《毘曇》、《成實》明退法人，皆是其相。四損損者，即身子等諸得道人。淨名同居，權疾亦爾。二約有餘，但有三種，無增增也，已得位不退，不生三界。而三乘生彼，有利有鈍，約行退念退亦得有三，權疾亦然。若果報土，皆念不退，心心寂滅自然流入，皆是損損。或約入出觀義立三句，權疾亦然。寂光極地，湛然無疾。淨名權同前三土疾，治其實疾有損不增。淨名亦爾，故慰問言不至增乎。

"Does it not tend to increase?" Next is proclaimed the third sentence. The meaning of this question is that just as people's illnesses in the world possess four kinds: (1) Some, from the beginning of taking medicine, only increase without abating, ultimately with no reason for recovery; this is called "increase-increase." (2) Others, though critically ill, are cured as soon as treated; this is called "increase-abate." (3) Others take medicine, and though it temporarily abates at first, it later increases again; this is called "abate-increase." (4) From the beginning it gradually abates until full recovery; this is "abate-abate." Vimalakīrti provisionally manifests birth in the Co-dwelling [Land], expounding the twelve-part scriptures to treat the illnesses of sentient beings, which also correspond to conditions of four faculties: (1) "Increase-increase" refers to lowest ordinary persons who, if Dharma is expounded to them, further give rise to slandering and icchantika transgressions, such as Sunakkhatta, Devadatta, and so on. (2) "Increase-abate" is like Śrīgupta, Aṅguli[māla], and so on. (3) "Abate-increase" is like the monk of the fourth dhyāna explained in the *Zhì lùn*, who believed it to be the fourth fruit, but at the approach of death saw his place of rebirth, slandered that there is no nirvāṇa, and immediately fell into hell; also the persons who fall back in the teaching explained in the *Abhidharma* and *Satyasiddhi* are all of this mark. (4) "Abate-abate" refers to Śāriputra and other people who attained the Path. Vimalakīrti in the Co-dwelling [Land], in his provisional illness, is also like this. Second, according to the Land with Remainder, there are only three kinds, with no "increase-increase"; having already attained non-retrogression in stage, they are not reborn in the three realms. Yet the three vehicles born there have the sharp and the dull, and according to retrogression in practice and retrogression in mindfulness, there can also be three; the provisional illness is also like this. In the Retribution Land, all are non-retrograde in mindfulness; thought after thought is tranquil and naturally flows into [the ocean of omniscience], so all are "abate-abate." Or one may establish three alternatives according to the meaning of entering and exiting contemplation; the provisional illness is also like this. Quiescent Light is the ultimate stage, clear and tranquil without illness. Vimalakīrti provisionally identifies with the illnesses of the previous three lands, and in treating their real illnesses, they abate and do not increase. Vimalakīrti is also like this, and therefore he inquires, "Does it not tend to increase?"