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維摩經略疏垂裕記 5.20

維摩經略疏垂裕記 5.20

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Classical Chinese

5.20

三、為扶成佛國。「如身子自述」者,即答梵王云「我見此土穢惡充滿也。」「淨名至之失」者,此破五百執小之失,非獨指身子,故下云各鄙也。「令得預座」者,由昔被彈破,冥發慕大,以此為緣令預此座。「得聞此說」者,即聞佛國也。「情同五百」者,同彼五百長者願聞得佛國清淨也。未彰身口,故曰情同。「而燈」下,借座於燈王、索飯於香積,示本居於無動。小乘目擊,佛國義彰,扶成之說其旨顯矣。

Third, to support and complete the Buddha land. Regarding "as Śāriputra himself recounted," that is, answering the Brahmā King: "I see this land as full of filth and evils." Regarding "Jingming to the fault of," this refutes the fault of the five hundred clinging to the small, not pointing solely to Śāriputra; hence it says below that each felt ashamed. Regarding "enabling them to take part in the assembly," because formerly they were reproached and refuted, they covertly developed admiration for the great, using this as a condition to enable them to take part in this assembly. Regarding "hearing this exposition," this refers to hearing of the Buddha land. Regarding "their sentiments being identical to the five hundred," they were identical to those five hundred elders wishing to hear and attain the purity of the Buddha land. Because it was not yet revealed in body and speech, it is called "sentiments being identical." From "and the lamp" down, borrowing a seat from the King of Lamps, seeking food from Gandhakūṭa, and showing his fundamental abode in Akṣobhya: as the Hinayana witnessed this with their own eyes, the meaning of the Buddha land was revealed, and the purport of the explanation of supporting and completing becomes evident.

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