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金剛經纂要刊定記 6.18

金剛經纂要刊定記 6.18

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Classical Chinese

6.18

答:「前則對無取疑有取,此則對無人疑有人。然此與第十二皆從十一中起。以彼文云無發菩提心者,佛意但是拂於我人之心,不是泯於菩薩。空生不達此意,將謂我人與菩薩不異,由是空生起疑之處則云若無菩薩,如來斷疑之處則言無人,彼此媕含未嘗顯說,直至此處方乃㳏通。經文特言:『通達無我法者,如來說名真是菩薩。』」

Answer: "The former doubted taking up in contrast to non-taking; this doubts there being a person in contrast to no person. However, both this and the twelfth arise from the eleventh. Because that text said there is no one who brings forth the bodhimind, the Buddha's intention was merely to wipe away the mind of self and person, not to annihilate the bodhisattva. Subhūti did not understand this intention, and assumed that self and person were no different from a bodhisattva. For this reason, where Subhūti gave rise to doubt he said 'if there are no bodhisattvas,' while where the Tathāgata severed the doubt he said 'no person.' Both sides were implicit and never explicitly stated, until here where it is finally clarified. The sūtra text specifically says: 'One who thoroughly comprehends that dharmas lack self, the Tathāgata says is truly named a bodhisattva.'"

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