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維摩經略疏垂裕記 7.45

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7.45

Third, the Bodhisattva Chapter subduing the self-nature and the gathering of conditions, in two [parts]: first, narrating the intent and dividing the sections; second, explaining according to the sections, in three: first, directly explaining the purpose of this chapter's occurrence, in two: first, generally explaining the purpose of its occurrence. Regarding "inconceivable circumstantial and direct [rewards]": the realm of Still and Quenching Light is the circumstantial reward, and the dharmakāya is the direct reward. Leaving aside the body there is no land, and leaving aside the land there is no body; hence it is called inconceivable. Sentient beings originally possess it, but being deluded do not know it. The initial abode realizes it partially; wondrous enlightenment realizes it definitively. To cause them to attain these two, it is therefore said, "desiring to cause sentient beings..." and so forth. Regarding "yet having the affliction of self-nature": because ignorance is not yet exhausted, they are still reproached. Either instructing the lower in contrast to the higher, reproaching the biased with the perfect; or urging on their perfect practice to cause them to advance to higher stages, the meaning of which is as explained below. From "this clarifies" downward: for the time being, concluding and revealing the text's purport in terms of using the perfect to reproach the biased, reproaching the biased direct reward and revealing the perfect circumstantial reward.

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