維摩經略疏 3.12

3.12

From "He had previously made offerings" onward is the second: directly praising his virtues. That is, it comprises ten passages explaining the ten virtues, neither more nor less. "Made offerings to the buddhas": these two lines praise the first virtue, genuine lineage, like a worldly householder's nobility of clan. Now, Vimalakīrti had encountered many buddhas and also heard the Dharma extensively; he necessarily practiced according to what he heard, deeply contemplating true reality. When the wisdom of principle is generated, this is being born from the Buddha's mouth, born transformed from the Dharma, obtaining a portion of the Buddha's Dharma, the three wisdoms revealing principle, and the natural endowment being interconnected; this is called being a true child of the Buddha. This is being born into the Buddha's family with a truly genuine lineage. "Deeply planted roots of goodness": this explains and completes [the meaning of] lineage. "Planted" means sowing: contemplating ultimate emptiness sows the seed of great wisdom. Wisdom is the root of practice; practice arises from understanding, and no virtue is left incomplete. Therefore the Dàpǐn says, "Although all dharmas are empty, one mind is fully endowed with the myriad practices." That is, the dharmakāya when first born is fully endowed with all virtues.