維摩經略疏垂裕記 9.84
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9.84
Second, in terms of severance-virtue. Regarding "the pond of refreshing coolness": the simile of the cool pond comes from the Great Sūtra. Regarding "Not joining with the inner and outer realms up to": because afflictions and saṃsāra are themselves bodhi and nirvāṇa, phenomena are identical to principle and there are no phenomena to join with—just as waves are themselves water, with no waves joining with water. Regarding "the inner and outer eight winds": Jingxi says, "On the outside there are not eight characteristics; there are only differences of adverse and agreeable, true and middle, and so it differs from the inner."
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