維摩經略疏 4.39

4.39

From "Then I" below is fourth, concluding his unfitness. In "hearing these words, I remained silent": he did not understand the intent of the six meanings in the rebuke and the contrasting revelation of "not necessarily"; not understanding is like being deaf, and unable to offer a reply is like being mute. Since he was like this, how could he be fit to convey the message? Therefore he said he was not fit to go there and inquire after the illness. If one takes this as a model, how is it different from being deaf and mute in the assembly of the Avataṃsaka? Considered in terms of principle, crushing the wisdom and karma of those beyond training in the two vehicles guides them into the inconceivable liberation, causing them to be born in the pure land of retribution, and furthermore accomplishes the causes for a pure land.