淨名經集解關中疏 2.494

2.494

At that time, Śakra Devānām Indra addressed the Buddha among the great assembly, saying: 'World-Honoured One, although I have heard hundreds of thousands of sūtras from the Buddha and Mañjuśrī, I have never before heard such a scripture of inconceivable, sovereign spiritual powers and definitive true mark.' The text of the chapter has two parts: first, the Lord of Devas vows to propagate the sūtra; second, the Tathāgata assents. The first part also has three: first, praising the supremacy of the Dharma; next, praising the benefit to persons; third, beholding the benefit and vowing to transmit it. This is the first. 'Hundreds of thousands of sūtras' refers to expedient teachings; 'definitive true mark' is the principle cultivated and realized; 'sovereign spiritual powers' are the function of what is realized. Sengzhao says: 'Although the phrasing of this sūtra is concise, its meaning encompasses a multitude of scriptures. Without exceeding a single day in one's seat, one fully witnesses its spiritual transformations. The subtle and profound words of the Mahāyāna, and the power of spiritual powers responding to needs, were encountered at once, leaving no principle unexhausted.'