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維摩經略疏垂裕記 9.60

維摩經略疏垂裕記 9.60

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Classical Chinese

9.60

二、觀穿,二:初、約破惑顯義。二、引《法華》證成。荊溪云:故法華等者,雖用三空,但是借彼《法華》之譬,譬三根人觀於眾生入三諦空。然今見中理與《法華》等,兼帶約部,小為不等。二、「故入」下,雙結。眾生三種,約橫也;窮源檢之,約竪也。

Second, contemplative penetration has two parts: first, revealing the meaning in terms of breaking delusions; second, citing the Lotus Sūtra to confirm it. Jingxi says: "Regarding 'Therefore the Lotus Sūtra...' and so forth, although using the three emptinesses, it merely borrows that simile of the Lotus Sūtra to compare the three types of faculties of people contemplating sentient beings to enter the emptiness of the three truths. However, now seeing the principle of the middle is equal to the Lotus Sūtra, yet bringing along [other teachings] in terms of the section, it is slightly unequal." Second, from "Therefore entering..." downward, the twofold conclusion. The three kinds of sentient beings are horizontal; investigating and exhausting their source is vertical.

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