金剛經纂要刊定記 4.47

4.47

"Subsumed under sentient beings": this is the answer. This is Asaṅga's syllogism establishing that all can be liberated. The syllogism should be framed as: 'Three-and-a-half portions of sentient beings' is the subject (dharmin); 'definitely will all attain Buddhahood' is the thesis (pratijñā). The reason (hetu) is: 'Because they are subsumed under sentient beings.' The concordant example (dṛṣṭānta): 'The one-and-a-half portions of sentient beings.' The intention is that the Nirvāṇa Sūtra states: 'Whoever has a mind will definitely become a Buddha.' The Sūtra of Perfect Enlightenment states: 'Those with nature and those without nature equally achieve the Buddha Way.' This, then, is the sense of being obtainable; how could one say they cannot attain it?