維摩經略疏垂裕記 4.45

4.45

Second, from "Vimalakīrti" onward, specific explanations, which has two [parts]: first, pointing out and explaining Vimalakīrti. Regarding "as explained before": Jingxi says: "It is fully clarified as in the Profound Meaning's explanation of the name." Second, from "elder" onward, the present explanation of elder, which has two [parts]: first, distinguishing and showing the fundamental and the trace; second, from "now briefly" onward, laying out the headings to explain the meaning, which has two [parts]: first, listing the headings. "The fourth, correlating and explaining with the text," is precisely the following text that directly praises his virtues, for which the outline is only preliminarily set forth here. Jingxi says: "The Commentary on the Lotus Sūtra explains 'elder' by dividing it into four meanings; the present [text] also has four complete [meanings]. First, the worldly elder, using metaphor for phenomena and principle. The dharmakāya elder: phenomena and principle tally with each other; the name is the same but the principle is different. The mind-contemplation elder is precisely the practice and characteristics of the dharmakāya elder, and is also the cause and effect of the dharmakāya elder. The elder correlated to the text is precisely the genuine verification of the elder of cause and effect. It also reveals that the sequence of the sūtra text has its proper place."