維摩經略疏垂裕記 6.84

6.84

二、結過，二：初、分科。二、隨釋，二：初、正結過彈訶。荊溪云：雖報障所障者，報障即是退大已後在三惡道。既云流轉，多非善處。若居人天不名報障，是故應云同《法華》中三千塵點，過是已後今始得悟。故宿世人未入正位，既於方等得遇淨名，赴往機緣開導當解入正位者必至法華，今引《法華》良有以也。「問往昔等」者，前云久發，復云中忘，故須更問失與不失。若其失者，為說何益？又失不失有緣有了，了如今文。若緣因者，事關生公善不受報，彼義尚以一毫不亡，何況了因菩提之心？理合於此廣明失與不失之本意也、受不受之大旨也、寄海寄火之善喻也。

Second, concluding the faults, divided into two: first, dividing into sections; second, explaining sequentially, which has two [parts]: first, correctly concluding the faults with reproach. Jingxi says: "Regarding 'although obstructed by retribution-obstructions': retribution-obstructions mean being in the three evil destinies after falling back from the great. Since it speaks of transmigration, these are mostly not wholesome places. If one dwells among humans and devas, it is not called retribution-obstruction. Therefore it should be said to be identical to the dust-motes of three thousand [realms] in the Lotus Sūtra; only after passing beyond this do they now finally attain awakening. Hence people from past lives who had not yet entered the correct status, having encountered Jingming in the Vaipulya [period], and whose faculties and conditions were directed toward being instructed and brought to future understanding and entry into the correct status, must definitely arrive at the Lotus Sūtra. Now citing the Lotus Sūtra is truly with good reason." Regarding "Question: In the past," etc.: earlier it was said they aroused [it] long ago, and then that they forgot it in the interim; hence one must further ask whether it is lost or not lost. If it is lost, what benefit is there in preaching to them? Furthermore, being lost or not lost applies to the conditioning and the revealing [causes]; the revealing cause is as in the present text. If it is the conditioning cause, the matter relates to Master Sengzhao's 'wholesomeness does not receive retribution'; that doctrine still holds that not even a single hair is lost, how much less the bodhi-mind of the revealing cause! By principle, one ought to explain extensively here the original meaning of being lost and not lost, the great import of receiving and not receiving, and the excellent metaphors of depositing in the sea and depositing in fire.