金剛經纂要刊定記 1.11

1.11

According to the sūtra's title, it should fully include "pāramitā", which is the praise of wisdom's power. In Chinese it translates as "the other shore reached", which follows the idiom of the Western Regions; if phrased in accordance with this land, it should say "reaching the other shore". "The other shore" is nirvāṇa; in contrast to "this shore" of birth and death, nirvāṇa is designated "the other", the intention being to clarify that prajñā is the wisdom that reaches the other shore; this, then, is the distinct characteristic of wisdom.