維摩經義疏 1.29.5

1.29.5

佛自在慧以下出所近果德。 照盡空有名自在慧，十力降天魔，無畏制外道，十八不共簡異二乘。 三科既是要門，是以別說。 「關閉一切諸惡趣門，而生五道以現其身」，前歎仰隣極果，此美符順群生。 夫法身無生而無處不生，以無生故諸趣門閉、無處不生而生五道。 「為大醫王善療眾病，應病與藥令得服行」。 上歎現生五道，此明受生意為治煩惱疾。 《智度論》云「老病死苦及貪瞋癡，自有生死已來無人能治，唯有大士善解救療。 」「無量功德皆成就」。 上來第一謂歷別歎。 德既無窮，述不可盡，故以四門總而結之。 無量功德，結正果德； 無量佛土皆嚴淨，結依果行滿。 「其見聞者無不蒙益」。 歎形聲益物。 「諸有所作亦不唐捐」，美三業利世。 「如是一切無量功德皆悉成就」。 總結四門。 前別歎。

"The autonomous wisdom of the Buddha" and what follows sets forth the virtues of the fruit that is approached. Completely illuminating emptiness and existence is called autonomous wisdom; the ten powers subdue heavenly Māra; the fearlessnesses overcome non-Buddhists; the eighteen unshared qualities distinguish them from the two vehicles. Since these three categories are the essential gates, they are explained separately. "Closing the gates to all evil destinies, yet manifesting their bodies by taking birth in the five paths": the preceding praised their reverent proximity to the ultimate fruit; this lauds their according with and complying with all sentient beings. Now the dharmakāya is unarisen, yet there is nowhere it is not born; because it is unarisen, the gates to all destinies are closed; because there is nowhere it is not born, it takes birth in the five paths. "Acting as great physician-kings who skillfully treat all illnesses, prescribing medicine according to the disease and enabling them to take it." The preceding praised manifesting birth in the five paths; this clarifies that the intention behind undergoing birth is to cure the illness of afflictions. The *Da zhidu lun* says, "The suffering of old age, sickness, and death, as well as greed, anger, and delusion: since saṃsāra has existed, no one has been able to cure them; only the mahāsattva skillfully understands how to rescue and heal them." "Innumerable merits are all accomplished." What went before was the first part, namely the individual praises. Since virtue is inexhaustible and cannot be fully described, it is summarized and concluded through four gates. "Innumerable merits" concludes the primary fruitional virtues; "innumerable Buddha lands are all adorned and purified" concludes the fulfillment of practices of the dependent fruit. "Those who see or hear them never fail to receive benefit." This praises their forms and sounds benefiting beings. "Whatever they do is not in vain": this lauds their three karmas profiting the world. "All such innumerable merits are fully accomplished." This summarizes the four gates. The preceding were the individual praises.