維摩經略疏 6.84

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6.84

Question: Is the Dharma gift found only in the perfect [teaching], or is it present in the other three as well? Answer: Regarding contemplation in dāna, this meaning is also present, but it is not perfect and universal. Furthermore, the gates of expedient teachings emerge and submerge, and do not necessarily elucidate this meaning in actual fact. Therefore, Vimalakīrti administered the perfect [teaching], wishing to reveal the unimpeded thorough penetration of entering the buddha's knowledge and vision; he used the rebuke of Śāntamati as a vehicle to make the assembly at that time, who received the expedient teachings, realize that this material giving is itself the Dharma gift.

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