修華嚴奧旨妄盡還源觀 1.23

1.23

一者、隨緣妙用無方德。謂依真起用，廣利群生。眾生根器不等，受解萬差，樂欲不同，應機授法，應病與藥，令得服行，《維摩經》中具明斯義。又以大悲故，名曰隨緣；以大智故，名為妙用。又不壞假名而常度眾生，故曰隨緣；了知眾生性空，實無度者，名為妙用。又理即事故名隨緣，事即理故名妙用。又真不違俗故隨緣，俗不違真故妙用。又依本起末故隨緣，攝末歸本故妙用。良以法無分齊，起必同時，真理不礙萬差，顯應無非一際。用則波騰鼎沸，全真體以運行；體則鏡淨水澄，舉隨緣而會寂。若㬢光之流彩，無心而朗十方；如明鏡之端形，不動而呈萬像。故曰隨緣妙用無方德也。

First is the virtue of adapting to conditions in marvelous, boundless function. This means that relying on truth one gives rise to function, widely benefiting the multitude of beings. The capacities of sentient beings are not uniform, their receptions and understandings have ten thousand differences, and their desires are distinct; adapting to their capacities, one teaches them the Dharma, giving medicine in accordance with the illness, causing them to take and practice it. This meaning is fully explained in the Vimalakīrti Sūtra. Furthermore, by virtue of great compassion, it is called 'adapting to conditions'; by virtue of great wisdom, it is called 'marvelous function'. Moreover, without destroying provisional designations, one constantly delivers sentient beings, hence 'adapting to conditions'; understanding that the nature of sentient beings is empty and that in truth there is no one who is delivered, is called 'marvelous function'. Moreover, principle being phenomenon is called 'adapting to conditions'; phenomenon being principle is called 'marvelous function'. Moreover, truth not violating the conventional is 'adapting to conditions'; the conventional not violating truth is 'marvelous function'. Moreover, relying on the fundamental to give rise to the derivative is 'adapting to conditions'; gathering the derivative to return to the fundamental is 'marvelous function'. Indeed, because dharmas have no boundaries, their arising is necessarily simultaneous; true principle does not obstruct the ten thousand differences, and manifest responses are nothing other than a single realm. In terms of function, waves surge and cauldrons boil, functioning entirely with the true essence; in terms of essence, the mirror is clean and the water is clear, elevating adaptation to conditions to converge in quiescence. It is like the radiant color of morning sunlight, which without intent illuminates the ten directions; it is like an upright form before a bright mirror, displaying ten thousand images without moving. Therefore it is called the virtue of adapting to conditions in marvelous, boundless function.