淨名經集解關中疏 1.528

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Thereupon the Buddha addressed Maitreya Bodhisattva: "Go to Vimalakīrti and inquire about his illness." The text has two parts as before; this is the first, the appointment. "Maitreya" is translated here as "the Merciful One." Sengzhao says: "Maitreya was born into a brāhmaṇa clan of South India; he took this clan name as his personal name." Since the five hundred disciples were all incompetent, he again appointed the bodhisattvas, intending to fully reveal Jingming's virtue, which is hard to match.