維摩經略疏 7.61

7.61

「文殊」下，五、明勇健心，結釋前四。文為二：一正結釋、二譬顯。「是為有疾菩薩調伏其心」者，結從空入假伏心修一切佛法，結能利益一切眾生。如《金剛般若》云「菩薩降伏其心，滅度無量眾生，實無眾生得滅度者」即是此義。「為斷老病死苦是菩薩菩提」者，菩提言道，若不利物即二乘道。菩提名道，薩埵名成眾生。「若不如是為無慧利」者，眾生不得法施慧利，於物無出生死之大益也。「譬如勝怨」者，二、譬顯菩薩利物勇健心也。愛見之心能化眾生入於魔外，即是眾生入道之怨，菩薩能斷其見思，是勝怨也。「兼除」者，兼言未正。菩薩法界結惑未盡，由須自行，傍兼利物故言兼除。又兼除者，在因且兼除眾生生死，成佛則究竟為斷除也。

From "Mañjuśrī" downward, fifth, explains the courageous mind, concluding and interpreting the preceding four [points]. The text has two [parts]: 1. directly concluding and interpreting; 2. illustrating with a simile. "This is the ill bodhisattva's subduing their mind": this concludes entering the provisional from emptiness, subduing the mind to cultivate all Buddha-dharmas; it concludes being able to benefit all sentient beings. As the Vajraprajñā says: "The bodhisattva subdues their mind: they bring immeasurable sentient beings to extinction, yet in truth no sentient being attains extinction"—this is precisely its meaning. "Cutting off the suffering of aging, illness, and death is the bodhisattva's bodhi": "bodhi" is called the path; if it does not benefit beings, it is the path of the two vehicles. "Bodhi" is called the path, and "sattva" means bringing sentient beings to completion. "If it is not like this, there is no benefit of wisdom": sentient beings do not receive the benefit of the wisdom of Dharma-giving, and there is no great benefit of liberating beings from birth and death. "Like an overcome enemy": second, illustrates with a simile the bodhisattva's courageous mind in benefiting beings. The mind of craving and views can transform sentient beings into māras and non-Buddhists; that is the enemy of sentient beings entering the path. The bodhisattva can cut off their [views and thoughts], which is overcoming the enemy. "Concurrently eliminating": "concurrently" means not yet principal. The afflictions of the bodhisattva's dharma-realm are not yet exhausted, so while they must still engage in self-practice, they concurrently benefit beings on the side, hence it says "concurrently eliminating." Furthermore, "concurrently eliminating" means that while on the causal stage, they tentatively concurrently eliminate the birth and death of sentient beings, and upon attaining buddhahood, they ultimately cut it off.