淨名經集解關中疏 2.20

2.20

"'Householder, from what cause did this illness arise? How long has it been present? How will it be extinguished?'"—from here down is the second, declaring his own feelings to inquire. The text has two parts: first inquiring into his transformed expedient illness, then inquiring into the actual illness that is transformed. The former again has three parts: 1. inquiring into the causes and conditions of the manifested illness; 2. inquiring into the empty room without attendants; 3. investigating the fundamental characteristic of the illness. The first has question and answer. This is the question. Sengzhao says: "The commission having been declared, he therefore further inquires into the origin of the illness: from what cause did the illness arise? How long ago did it arise? How can it be extinguished?"