維摩經義記卷第四 4.38

4.38

此品所以來。上方菩薩始行之流於此土生下劣想。如來廣明十方世界佛事不同諸佛如來功德平等。言對阿難𨋪切上方菩薩上方大士自求悔過請法還土。如來為說有盡無盡解脫法門。即是菩薩行燈故菩薩品所以來。就此品中有八段明義。

The reason why this chapter comes next: The novices among the bodhisattvas of the higher realm gave rise to a conception of inferiority regarding this land. The Tathāgata broadly explained that the buddha-works of the worlds of the ten directions are not identical, but the merits of all buddhas and tathāgatas are equal. Speaking directly to Ānanda, he subtly spurred on the bodhisattvas of the higher realm. The mahāsattvas from the higher realm personally sought to repent their errors, requested the Dharma, and returned to their land. The Tathāgata preached for them the dharma door of exhaustible and inexhaustible liberation, which is the lamp of bodhisattva practice; therefore, the Chapter on Bodhisattva [Practice] comes next. Within this chapter, the meaning is explained in eight sections.