淨名經集解關中疏 2.325

2.325

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.")