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維摩經略疏垂裕記 6.47

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6.47

Second, reproaching the presence of conceptual thought that departs from the pure dharma. Regarding "The mind conjoins with this": the undefiled wisdom conjoins with ignorance. When the entirety of wisdom is delusion, it is figuratively called 'conjoining.' Regarding "What cannot be severed": Jingxi says: "These words of subjugation and reproof are based on the time before generating the mind [of awakening]." Regarding "Therefore hearing..." and so forth: the nineteenth fascicle of the Dàzhìdù Lùn states: "For instance, when the śrāvakas heard the king of the kiṃnaras, Drumakinnara, playing the lute and singing to praise the Buddha with the true reality of all dharmas, at that time Mount Sumeru and all the trees shook, and great disciples such as Mahākāśyapa were unable to remain steady on their seats. The bodhisattva Devaśikhā asked Mahākāśyapa: 'You are the most senior elder, foremost in dhūta practices. Why can you not control your mind and remain steady now?' Mahākāśyapa answered: 'Regarding the desires of humans and devas, my mind does not waver. But hearing this sound born of the bodhisattva's immeasurable merit, and furthermore transformed through wisdom, I cannot endure it. If winds from the eight directions arise, they cannot shake Mount Sumeru; but when the vairaṃbha wind arrives at the end of the kalpa, it blows Mount Sumeru away like rotten grass.'" Regarding "Departing from the self-nature" and so forth: the inherently pure mind is the principle of the Middle Way. Regarding "Ordinary beings are fully endowed with delusions" and so forth: ordinary beings are fully endowed with the three delusions, and their minds undergo fluctuations; if they encounter pure conditions, they immediately understand their self-nature. Therefore the Tāi Jīng says: 'It only depends on the defilements of the mind being extinguished; attaining realization is like turning over one's palm.' From "The two vehicles" onward: prior to the Lotus Sūtra, they clung to their own realization as the ultimate limit; hence they are reproved as having permanently departed. When reaching the Lotus Sūtra, in reality they have not departed.

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