金剛經纂要刊定記 3.97

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3.97

"Attaining the superior": because the four fruits of the Hīnayāna are superior to the four directions of practice, superiority is manifested in contrast to inferiority. This uses the small to illustrate the great. If even a petty person has no fault, how could a noble man have an error? It is by being free from conceit that one comes to realize the fruit. Therefore the sūtras all say: "I do not have this thought: 'I have attained the fruit of a stream-enterer,' and so forth."

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金剛經纂要刊定記 — Classical Chinese