維摩經略疏垂裕記 4.115

4.115

Nineteen, "Manifesting as Śakra." Regarding the "fifteen contemplation gates," we await examining and stating them. Regarding "Before the diamond[-like mind] of the separate teaching, all are impermanent," Jingxi says: "This was what others posited; now, based on that, it is classified and made to belong to the separate teaching. Moreover, the Brahma king presumes upon permanence more than Śakra, considering himself the father and mother of sentient beings. Therefore, the reason why Brahmā is not treated here through impermanence is that the Brahmās have already attained profound fundamental dhyāna, and he merely uses superior wisdom to divest them of the outflow-bound. The kṣatriyas, brāhmaṇas, and so forth, universally presume upon permanence; here too, he sets aside the general and follows the particular to expound it individually, which truly stems from this. Furthermore, he also wishes to show that the teaching gates have various differences so as to make them known comprehensively; hence he expounds them individually."