金剛經纂要刊定記 3.87

3.87

In the first [abode], "generating the mind" means generating the four kinds of mind, such as the vast, the supreme, and so forth. The sūtra text goes from "The Buddha told Subhūti: 'Bodhisattva-mahāsattvas should thus subdue their minds..." up to "...if a bodhisattva has the mark of a self, the mark of a person, the mark of a sentient being, or the mark of a lived life, they are not a bodhisattva." Because a Mahāyāna bodhisattva at the very beginning naturally ought to generate this mind, it occupies the first place among the eighteen abodes.