淨名經集解關中疏 2.211

2.211

At that time, there was a bodhisattva in the assembly named Manifesting Physical Form Everywhere, who asked Vimalakīrti, "Householder, who are your parents, wife, children, relatives, retinue, officials, citizens, and good friends? Where are your slaves, servants, male and female attendants, horses, and carriages?" Third, clarifying the provisions for life and retinue: the supreme dharmakāya is not accomplished by a single truth; the myriad practices serve as provisions for life, and the myriad virtues serve as the retinue, before it can be accomplished. This is the first question. Zhao says: "Jingming's expedient path is boundless, and its concealment and manifestation are difficult to measure. Externally, he appears with the same family dependents as the worldly; internally, he takes the Dharma as his family dependents. Fearing that the confused might see his form and fail to reach his path, he therefore asks this."