維摩經略疏垂裕記 2.169

2.169

二、漸大，二：初、正釋。「得聞藏等四味」者，酪味唯聞藏教，生酥轉藏成通，般若義當成別，法華開顯一切能圓。從小至大，故名漸大。漸後之大，故名漸大。「此如」下，證成。「毒鼓」者，《大經》第九云「譬如有人以雜毒塗鼓，於眾人中擊，雖無心欲聞，聞之皆死；唯除不橫死者。是經亦爾，於諸行眾中有聞聲者，所有三毒悉皆滅盡。雖無心思念，是經力故能滅煩惱；犯重造逆聞已，亦作菩提因緣漸斷煩惱；除不橫死一闡提輩。」

Second, the gradual Great [Vehicle] has two parts: first, the main explanation. "Being able to hear the four flavors such as the Tripiṭaka": the curd flavor is hearing solely the Tripiṭaka teaching; the raw cheese transforms the Tripiṭaka to become the shared [teaching]; prajñā in principle corresponds to becoming the distinct [teaching]; and the Lotus Sūtra opens and reveals so that all can become perfect. Proceeding from small to great, it is therefore called gradual great. The great that follows the gradual is therefore called gradual great. Under "This is like...", it provides proof. As for the "poison drum", the ninth fascicle of the *Great Sūtra* says: "For example, suppose someone smears a drum with mixed poisons and strikes it in the midst of a crowd; although they have no intention of wanting to hear it, all who hear it die, excepting only those who do not die untimely deaths. This sūtra is also like this: if among the assembly of all practices there are those who hear its sound, all three poisons are completely eradicated. Although they have no thought or reflection, through the power of this sūtra they are able to extinguish afflictions; having heard it, even those who commit grave offenses and perpetrate rebellious acts will also make it a cause and condition for bodhi and gradually sever afflictions, excepting only the group of icchantikas who do not die untimely deaths."