金剛經纂要刊定記 6.181

6.181

Precluding the thought. The sūtra's intent is: if you say that the Tathāgata did not attain bodhi by means of complete marks, do not conceive this thought. The phrasing appears repetitive, but the intent is not actually repetitive; it simply first narrates and then precludes. In the Avataṃsaka verse, the first half belongs to the preceding text and the second half belongs to this section. Because the meaning of the texts is interlocked, it is cited all in one place. Since it says [the Buddha] is not apart from form and sound, how could it be right to exclusively disparage marks? Disparaging marks is contrary to principle; hence it is precluded here.