請觀音經疏闡義鈔 4.38

4.38

經「身出水火」者，即現十八變，身上出水、身下出火等也。經「發三種清淨三菩提心」者，三乘道心也。經「夢中」等者，夢即如夢三昧也。三昧成時，能見觀世音，即相似分真位人也。「如大猛風」等者，三昧如猛風，惡行如重雲。「生於佛前」，即初住出聖胎也，此約理釋。若事解者，即往淨土，佛前蓮華化生也。故經云「蓮華化生為父母」。

Regarding the sūtra's [words] 'the body emitting water and fire', this refers to manifesting the eighteen transformations: water emerging from the upper body, fire emerging from the lower body, and so forth. Regarding the sūtra's 'giving rise to three kinds of pure minds of sambodhi', these are the minds of the Path of the three vehicles. Regarding the sūtra's 'in a dream' and so forth: dream means the dream-like samādhi. When the samādhi is accomplished, one can see Avalokiteśvara, which refers to persons in the stages of resemblance and partial realization. Regarding 'like a great fierce wind' and so forth: the samādhi is like a fierce wind, and evil conduct is like dense clouds. 'Being born before the Buddha' means emerging from the womb of the noble ones at the first abiding stage; this is the noumenal explanation. In terms of literal phenomenal explanation, it means being reborn in the pure land, transformationally born in a lotus flower before the Buddha; hence the sūtra says 'taking transformation birth in a lotus flower as father and mother'.