金剛經纂要刊定記 5.58

5.58

"Furthermore, previously, etc.": resolving in terms of dharmas. It means that before the metaphor, it had not yet been spoken that the four fruitions are without mind, Śākyamuni has no attainment, the adornment and purification of the buddha-lands is non-adornment as adornment, and the cultivation and realization of the buddha-body is non-realization as realization. Therefore, the metaphor of comparison could not yet be superior. Afterwards, having clarified these meanings, the principle of the Dharma is also deep; consequently, the metaphor of comparison is likewise extraordinary. Or it may be that the meaning of generating the Buddha's teachings is also after the previous metaphor. Moreover, the five passages of sūtra text in the subsequent explanation of the reason also pertain to this. Consider this.