金剛經纂要刊定記 3.86

3.86

First, directly discerning the eighteen abodes. The Commentary fully lists the names of the eighteen abodes, briefly explains their meanings, concurrently clarifies the antidotes to the twelve kinds of hindrances, and points to the sūtra text to make known to which topical division they belong. However, for the sūtra text of each abode, the Commentary only briefly marks three or five characters; because the textual phrasing at the beginning and end of the sūtra's original divisions is somewhat repetitive, fearing that the words might be conflated, it does not mark the very first characters, but only takes the distinctive text that follows. Nor does it conclude where it extends to, its intention being brevity. Below, following the text, we will briefly narrate the beginnings and endings to demarcate the preceding from the following.