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淨名經集解關中疏 2.325

淨名經集解關中疏 2.325

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Classical Chinese

2.325

維摩詰言。此土眾生剛強難化故。佛為說剛強之語以調伏之 此二答也。文三。法喻合初法中又三。此初標也。肇曰。聖化何常隨物而應耳。此土剛強故以剛強之教應之。

Vimalakīrti said: "The sentient beings of this land are unyielding and difficult to transform; therefore, the Buddha speaks unyielding words to tame and subdue them." (This is the second, the answer, in three parts: doctrine, simile, and application. The doctrine has three parts; this is the first, stating the premise. Sengzhao says: "How could the holy transformation ever be fixed? It merely responds according to the beings. This land is unyielding, so he responds to it with an unyielding teaching.")

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