淨名經集解關中疏 1.527

1.527

此三明折伏方便菩薩令歸圓妙。前既聲聞致辭故。次命菩薩。然發菩提心總名菩薩。而根有利鈍。教有漸頓。或事修而未悟於理。或悟偏而未進於圓。或漸證而未極於頓。今將迴事以向理。折偏以進圓。斥漸而詣頓。故因命問疾以調伏之。皆菩薩佛事故名品。焉文二。先別明四大士。此初慈氏也。

This is the third part, explaining the subduing of the bodhisattvas of upāya to lead them back to the perfect and subtle. Since the śrāvakas previously offered their refusals, the bodhisattvas are appointed next. Although all who produce the mind of bodhi are generally called bodhisattvas, their faculties can be sharp or dull, and the teachings can be gradual or sudden. Some cultivate practice in phenomena without yet awakening to principle; some have awakened to partiality without yet advancing to perfection; some have realized gradually without yet reaching the summit of the sudden. Now, intending to turn phenomena back toward principle, break through partiality to advance to perfection, and reprove the gradual to arrive at the sudden, he therefore commands them to inquire about the illness to subdue them. All are the Buddha's work of bodhisattvas, hence the title of the chapter. The text has two parts. First, individually explaining the four great beings. Here, first, the Merciful One.