釋摩訶衍論 1.7

1.7

論曰：今造此論重釋摩訶衍，為欲顯示自師其體深玄、其窮微妙，未得正證未出邪行，漠漠冥冥，實絕窺𮄛（莫昉反）域，超思惟境故。或為欲令利鈍眾生開頓入門、顯漸進位，趣入甚深所詮理故。或由師亭毒極深重故，小分為報師大恩故。或祕觀察當來眾生，起百千諍壞論宗故。或親聽受阿世耶故。有如是等因緣，所以須造論。

The treatise says: Now, in composing this treatise to re-explain the Mahāyāna, it is because I wish to reveal that the essence of my own teacher is deep and abstruse, and its exhaustiveness is subtle and profound; those who have not attained right realization and have not emerged from wrong practice are in dimness and darkness, utterly beyond the realm of peering, surpassing the sphere of thought. Or it is because I wish to cause sentient beings of sharp and dull faculties to open the gate of sudden entry, to reveal the stages of gradual progress, and to enter into the profound principle that is expounded. Or it is because the teacher's nurturing care is exceedingly deep and heavy, so that I may in small part repay the teacher's great kindness. Or it is because I secretly observe that future sentient beings will give rise to hundreds of thousands of disputes and destroy the tenets of the treatise. Or it is because I personally heard and received his āśaya. For these reasons and conditions, this treatise must be composed.