維摩經略疏垂裕記 7.87

7.87

Second, adducing the preceding ten minds as a precedent for what is expressed here, in two: first, the question. Second, the answer, in two: first, being the same as the four [aspects of] knowledge and vision in the Lotus Sūtra. Opening, demonstrating, awakening, and entering are the forty true causes; in the comparative explanation with the Avataṃsaka below, it will naturally become evident. Second, matching the forty stages of the Avataṃsaka, in two: first, directly clarifying. "The four great bodhisattvas" refers to Dharmamati expounding the ten abidings, Guṇavanamāla expounding the ten practices, Vajraketu expounding the ten dedications, and Vajragarbha expounding the ten stages. "The interfusion of good and evil" means that Māra's deeds being Buddha's deeds is called the fusion of evil, as in the statement "practicing along non-paths, one thoroughly penetrates the Buddha path." Buddha's deeds being Māra's deeds is called the fusion of good, as in the statement "those who act as Māra kings mostly dwell in the inconceivable." Second, from "the intent of the reproach" below, concluding and showing.