金剛經纂要刊定記 6.23

6.23

"The verse says..." and so forth first relates the intention in severing the doubt. The first line concedes; the second line refutes; the third line clarifies that the essence of the five eyes that are the seeing agents is permanent, hence called 'real'; the final line clarifies that the essence of the various minds that are the seen objects is unreal, hence called 'inverted.' Now, the manifold minds are the objective realm known by wisdom. Here they are assigned as the seen objective realm because the Tathāgata's knowledge and vision are not of two essences. In terms of the eye it is vision; in the mind it is called knowledge; therefore in the eighteen abidings they are combined into a single abiding.