淨名經集解關中疏 1.222

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爾時毘那耶離大城中有長者名維摩詰　肇曰。此經之□起于淨名。其微言幽唱亦備之。後文出經者欲遠存其人以弘其道教。故此一品全序其德也。品文二。先歎德。次益物。初中歎本迹二身。法身十德本也。應身三業迹也。天台云。西方貴人稱為長者皆具十德。今淨名法身長者。十德亦然。十德如科文。已曾供養無量諸佛深殖善本　第一姓貴者。殖佛聞法從法化生也。肇曰。樹德先聖故善本深殖也。

"At that time, in the great city of Vaiśālī, there was an elder named Vimalakīrti." Sengzhao says: "The […] of this sūtra arose from Jingming. His subtle words and profound declarations were fully prepared for it. Later, those who produced the sūtra wished to preserve this person for the distant future in order to propagate his teaching. Therefore, this whole chapter fully recounts his virtues." The chapter text has two parts: first, praising his virtues; second, benefiting beings. In the first part, it praises his two bodies, the origin and the traces: the ten virtues of the dharmakāya are the origin, and the three karmic activities of the response-body are the traces. Tiantai says: "Noble persons in the West are called 'elders'; all possess ten virtues. Now Jingming is an elder of the dharmakāya, and his ten virtues are likewise so." The ten virtues are as given in the outline. "Having previously made offerings to immeasurable buddhas, he had deeply planted good roots." The first is noble lineage: planting [roots under] buddhas, hearing the Dharma, and being born from the transformation of the Dharma. Sengzhao says: "Having cultivated virtue under past sages, his good roots were deeply planted."