大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 3.35

3.35

「其性調柔離於我執」者，此我執，梵本作灌頂字，阿闍梨相傳云：「此字義不相應，當云離於我執也。」其性調柔，即是安住傳教威儀，住忍辱地，柔和善順而不卒暴。雖種族色相多聞智慧無不出群絕眾，亦不生高慢之心，能慈心下濟誘誨新學，乃至卑小姓等亦不懷下劣之想、嫉妬之心，但一心以法自調依法而住。如是調柔，即是離於我執。是轉相釋也。復次調柔者，如百練純臘，以調柔故，隨工巧之手無所不為。今行者淨治此心，一切麁礦盡故，隨巧慧之手無所不為，故能住忍辱地隨緣應物。又諸佛菩薩法門中入道，猶如上族。諸天龍鬼法門中入道，猶如下族。即以此身作大日如來尊特相海，猶如色貌第一。望不能作者，猶如垢衣蕞漏。於一心中悉聞諸佛說法，分別不謬，名為多聞；望六根暗塞者，名為少聞。無量智慧自然開敷，名為智慧；無明三毒名為愚癡。以如是諸法畢竟等故，不應心有高下，故名調柔。唯佛一人，乃名一切調柔善住阿闍梨法也。

Regarding "gentle in nature and free from ego-clinging": for "ego-clinging," the Sanskrit text reads the word for "abhiṣeka." The ācāryas have handed down the tradition saying: "The meaning of this character does not fit; it should say 'free from ego-clinging.'" "Gentle in nature" means peacefully abiding in the deportment of transmitting the teachings, dwelling on the stage of patience (kṣānti), being gentle, compliant, and not impetuous. Even though one's lineage, physical appearance, erudition, and wisdom are unmatched and stand out far above the crowd, one does not give rise to arrogance. One is able to descend with a compassionate mind to help and instruct new learners, and even toward those of lowly castes and the like, one harbors neither low regard nor jealousy, but with a single mind regulates oneself by the Dharma and abides in accordance with the Dharma. Such gentleness is precisely freedom from ego-clinging. This is an interrelated explanation. Furthermore, being "gentle" is like pure wax that has been refined a hundred times: because it is soft and pliable, it can be fashioned into anything under the hands of a skilled artisan. Now, the practitioner purifies this mind so that all coarse and rough elements are eradicated; thus, under the hands of skillful wisdom, there is nothing it cannot accomplish, and therefore he is able to abide on the stage of patience and respond to things in accordance with conditions. Moreover, entering the path through the Dharma gateways of the buddhas and bodhisattvas is like being of a noble clan. Entering the path through the Dharma gateways of devas, nāgas, and spirits is like being of a lowly clan. Taking this very body and manifesting the ocean of supreme, distinctive marks of Vairocana Tathāgata is like having the foremost physical appearance. Compared to one who cannot do so, it is like wearing soiled clothes and being deficient and base. Hearing the Dharma preached by all buddhas within a single mind and discerning it without error is called erudition; compared to one whose six sense faculties are obscured and blocked, that is called having little learning. Having immeasurable wisdom naturally blossom is called wisdom; the three poisons of ignorance are called foolishness. Because these various dharmas are ultimately equal, the mind should not hold high or low; therefore, it is called gentle. Only the Buddha alone is called the one who is completely gentle and well-abiding in the dharmas of an ācārya.