金剛般若經疏論纂要 1.8

1.8

第三、分別處會二。初總明佛說大部處會。六百卷文，四處十六會說：一、王舍城鷲峯山七會，山中四會、山頂三會；二、給孤獨園七會；三、他化天宮摩尼寶藏殿一會；四、王舍城竹林園白鷺池側一會。此經則第二處第九會，第五百七十七卷。後別明傳譯。此卷時主前後六譯：一、後秦羅什，二、後魏菩提流支，三、陳朝真諦，四、隋朝笈多，五、唐初玄奘，六、大周義淨。上六人皆三藏，今所傳者即羅什，弘始四年於長安草堂寺所譯。天竺有無著菩薩，入日光定，上昇兜率，親詣彌勒，稟受八十行偈，又將此偈轉授天親，天親作長行解釋成三卷論，約斷疑執以釋。無著又造兩卷論，約顯行位以釋。今科經唯約天親釋義，即兼無著，亦傍求餘論，採集諸疏，題云纂要，其在茲焉。

Third, distinguishing the locations and assemblies, which has two parts. First, generally clarifying the locations and assemblies where the Buddha expounded the large collection. Its six hundred fascicles were spoken in four locations across sixteen assemblies: 1. Seven assemblies on Gṛdhrakūṭa in Rājagṛha: four assemblies on the mountain, and three assemblies at the summit; 2. Seven assemblies in Anāthapiṇḍada's Park; 3. One assembly in the Maṇi Gem Treasury Hall of the Paranirmitavaśavartin palace; 4. One assembly beside the White Heron Pond in the Veṇuvana of Rājagṛha. This sūtra belongs to the ninth assembly at the second location, in the 577th fascicle. Second, specifically clarifying transmission and translation. This fascicle had six translations at different times under different rulers: 1. Kumārajīva under the Later Qin; 2. Bodhiruci under the Later Wei; 3. Paramārtha under the Chen dynasty; 4. Dharmagupta under the Sui dynasty; 5. Xuanzang in the early Tang; 6. Yijing under the Great Zhou. The above six masters were all Tripiṭaka masters; the one transmitted here is that translated by Kumārajīva in the fourth year of the Hongshi era at Caotang Monastery in Chang'an. In India, there was the Bodhisattva Asaṅga, who entered the Sunlight Samādhi, ascended to Tuṣita, personally went to Maitreya, and received eighty lines of verses; he then transmitted these verses to Vasubandhu, who composed a prose commentary forming a three-fascicle treatise, interpreting it in terms of severing doubts and attachments. Asaṅga also composed a two-fascicle treatise, interpreting it in terms of revealing the stages of practice. Now, this analytical outline of the sūtra primarily relies on Vasubandhu's commentary, which incorporates Asaṅga, and also consults other treatises and collects various commentaries; that it is titled 'Compilation of Essentials' lies right here.