金剛般若經贊述 1.255

1.255

謂碎世界以作塵者，有其二喻。一者、勝喻，謂因少受、持，便生多功德；世界者，喻少持；碎為塵者，喻生多福。二者、劣喻，如以財施故多煩惱因，謂由所受施人因此而起種種鬪諍故。謂世界者，喻財施，碎為塵者，喻生長煩惱，世界既為塵因，財施亦作染因也。今此意云，持法雖少，生福甚多，財施雖多，但增煩惱，故說雖多財施，不及受、持一四句也。故寄此意以為問也。

Crushing the world into dust has two metaphors. First, the superior metaphor, meaning that by receiving and upholding a little, much merit is produced: the world is a metaphor for upholding a little; crushing it into dust is a metaphor for generating much merit. Second, the inferior metaphor: just as material giving is a cause of much defilement, meaning that because the recipient of the gift engages in various disputes on account of it, the world is a metaphor for material giving, and crushing it into dust is a metaphor for generating and growing defilements. Since the world serves as the cause of dust, material giving also serves as a defiled cause. The meaning here is: although upholding the Dharma is small, it produces immense merit; although material giving is abundant, it only increases defilements; hence it is said that although material giving is abundant, it does not equal receiving and upholding a single four-line verse. Therefore, he poses the question based on this meaning.