維摩經略疏垂裕記 4.65

4.65

Second, from "Now" down, clarifying the present explanation, in two parts: first, directly explaining the sūtra text, in two: first, clarifying the four teachings gathering beings, in two: first, explaining limitless wealth and property. Second, from "Gathering all" down, gathering all poor people, in two: first, explaining those gathered, in two: first, presenting poverty. Teach and instruct (教詔, jiàozhào) are both in the departing tone. Teach means to show; instruct means to tell. Both read in the level tone is also permissible. Regarding "abandoning the father" etc., it means abandoning the father of superior response and seeking inferior clothing and food. Contemplating impermanence is like salt; contemplating suffering is like vinegar; the emptiness of persons is coarse like rice; the emptiness of dharmas is fine like flour; obtaining inferior nirvāṇa is like the wage of a single day. Regarding "A bodhisattva during three asāṃkhyeyas" etc., Jingxi says: "A Tripiṭaka bodhisattva practices the six perfections over a long duration, and therefore obtains the name of being wealthy. In the separate teaching, horizontally and vertically, one knows the tathāgatagarbha, and is even wealthier than the former."