維摩經略疏垂裕記 4.53

4.53

Second, high status. "This meaning is still general": Jingxi says: "It applies generally to higher and lower stages." Now, Jingming's stage is distinct and not general. Among the distinctions are three stages, which have the fundamental and trace, because the trace is the cause and the fundamental is the fruit. Within the cause, there are also distinctions between two stages; according to whether they are established or not in the various sūtras, their presence or absence differs. "If abiding in the middle..." and so forth: establishing the three grades is spoken of in a general, comprehensive manner. What equal enlightenment contains is as explained earlier. "Cannot draw": because the middle and lower quiescent patiences belong to the Land of Quiescent Light, they cannot draw forth birth in the Land of Recompense.