維摩經略疏垂裕記 2.49

2.49

Second, from "Now we say" onwards, clarifying the present [position], in two parts: first, general explanation, in two parts: first, direct explanation, in two parts: first, revealing the correct and refuting the incorrect; second, from "Like praising" onwards, citing texts to challenge the ancients. "How could it praise the lower?": because the northern masters correlate this phrase with the first ground. If judged according to accomplishment, it should praise equal awakening. "Why praise only the upper?": since the first ground already partially attains the roar of the lion, why did the southern masters say it praises only the eighth ground? From "Therefore we know" onwards, it concludes the challenge. Precisely because of fixated adherence to a single passage, mutual refutations were provoked. If it is as this teacher [holds], then all persons in the stage of partial realization of reality possess all these lines, while the shallow and deep remain distinctly clear.