維摩經略疏垂裕記 9.92

9.92

二、重決功德，二：初問、二答。「大經云」等者，發心是因、畢竟是果，因果理同，故二不別。果由因剋，故前心難。諸文引用，皆以發心為初住，今通住前。「自未得度先度人」者，即今當住度脫一切眾生也。

Second, re-evaluating the merits, has two parts: first, the question; second, the answer. In "The Great Sūtra says," etc., generating the aspiration is the cause and the ultimate is the fruit; cause and fruit are identical in principle, so the two are not distinct. The fruit is attained through the cause, hence the former mind is difficult. Passages cited in various texts all take the generation of the aspiration as the first abodement; here it extends prior to the abodements. "Deliver others before having delivered oneself" means precisely at this abodement delivering all sentient beings.