維摩經略疏 1.7

1.7

Question: How could the Avataṃsaka be named "Inconceivable"? This sūtra is alternate-named "Inconceivable Liberation"; why then do you say it is not [this sūtra]? Answer: Since this sūtra has two names, how could the Avataṃsaka alone lack another designation? Furthermore, when carefully examining the Inconceivable Sūtra cited throughout the Dàzhìdù lùn, all instances refer to the Avataṃsaka. For example, when it describes the upāsikā Oṣadhī explaining the number of sentient beings saved to the bodhisattva Sudhana, this is an event heard by Sudhana upon entering the dharmadhātu as explained in the Avataṃsaka; when it cites this present sūtra, it explicitly says "expounded by Vimalakīrti."