金剛般若經贊述 2.226

2.226

Asaṅga says that within the sixth, perfection of mind, there are again six kinds: first, mindfulness (smṛtyupasthāna); second, right awakening; third, establishing the Dharma of great benefit; fourth, gathering the dharmakāya; fifth, not abiding in saṃsāra or nirvāṇa; sixth, purity in practice and abiding. This is the first. The meaning of the question is: "When the Tathāgata was in the world, he taught sentient beings with compassion and impartiality; there were those who could hear, give rise to mindfulness, attend properly, cultivate in accordance with the Dharma, and practice according with the Dharma, and they would attain buddhahood. In the latter five hundred years after the Tathāgata's parinirvāṇa, when various evil sentient beings hear this sūtra taught, will there be any who can generate faith and give rise to mindfulness as when the Buddha was in the world?" The Buddha answered that there are, in order to reveal that there are sentient beings who can be mindful; hence it is called 'mindfulness.'"