金剛般若經贊述 2.281

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述曰，世親云，此第三段釋展轉疑中，曲文第二疑也。謂有疑曰：「若不依福德得大菩提，如是諸菩薩則失福德及果報也。」此疑意云可說如須彌山王七寶有人持用布施，不及人受持此經至四句者，是則福德不得大菩提果，准此，即福德空，果報亦空，則法斷滅，是則佛相好身亦無，唯有法身空理也。就斷此疑之中有三，初、顯相好非無；次、「汝若作是念」下，明因果不失；後、「若菩薩以滿」下，校量功德。前中有二，初、述彼疑心，次、勸勿邪念，此初也。述彼疑云：「既以法為佛，是則無報、化形相身也。」

The Commentary says: Vasubandhu states that this is the second detailed doubt within the third section of explaining progressive doubts. That is, there is a doubt that says: 'If great bodhi is not attained by relying on merit, then all these bodhisattvas would lose their merit and its karmic retribution.' The meaning of this doubt is: it could be said that someone giving seven treasures equal to Mount Sumeru king does not equal a person receiving and upholding this sūtra down to a four-line verse; if so, then merit does not attain the fruit of great bodhi. Following this, merit would be empty, karmic retribution would also be empty, the teaching would be annihilated, and thus the Buddha's body endowed with marks and signs would also not exist, leaving only the empty principle of the dharmakāya. Within cutting off this doubt, there are three parts: first, revealing that the marks and signs are not non-existent; next, from 'If you were to have this thought' onwards, clarifying that cause and fruit are not lost; finally, from 'If a bodhisattva with the full' onwards, comparatively measuring the merit. In the first part, there are two: first, stating their doubtful thought; next, urging them not to have wrong thoughts. This is the first. Stating their doubt, it says: 'Since the Dharma is taken as the Buddha, then there is no physical body of reward or transformation with forms and marks.'