淨名經集解關中疏 1.19

1.19

眾所知識　此下三歎德也。文三。初總歎。次別歎。後結歎。總歎又三。此初歎外化也。聞名欽風為知覩。形飲化為識。肇曰。大士處世猶日月昇天。有目之士誰不知識。

“Universally known and recognised”: Below, the third part praises their virtues. The text has three sections: first, general praise; second, specific praise; third, concluding praise. The general praise also has three parts; this first part praises their outward converting activity. Hearing their names and revering their style is ‘knowing’; seeing their form and imbibing their transformation is ‘recognising’. Zhao says: “The mahāsattvas dwelling in the world are like the sun and moon rising into the sky; which person with eyes would not know and recognise them?”