金剛般若波羅蜜經註解 1.199

1.199

From the previous statement that in reality there is no dharma that gives rise to the bodhi-mind, it implies that if there is no one who gives rise to the mind, then there is no bodhisattva. If there is no bodhisattva, why was Śākyamuni at the place of the Buddha Dīpaṃkara named Sumati, spreading his hair over the mud, practicing the bodhisattva conduct, and receiving the prediction? Fearing that Subhūti might secretly harbour this doubt, the Buddha brought it up as a question.