金剛般若波羅蜜經略疏 1.93

1.93

問：何故引往忍辱波羅蜜為證者？答：忍順實相理故。又問：次復第二義相中，何故引檀度為證者？以檀行在初故，餘準可知。又初地得忍波羅蜜，順理法故。又檀波羅蜜攝五波羅蜜，故偏約之也。文云如來是真語者，不妄說佛菩提故；實語者，不妄說小乘苦諦等故；如語者，不妄說大乘法無我真如故；不異語者，不妄說三世受記故。文云無實者，諸佛所說法，此法不能得彼證法故、以如所聞無如是義故，是故無實。文云妄說語者，隨順義故，以此所說法隨順證法故。文言如人入闇等者，有人疑云：若真如普徧，何故不見？如入闇中，無明智故不見，非無實法。文云夜分既盡等者，喻有明智即無遮障也。

Question: Why is the past kṣānti-pāramitā cited as proof? Answer: Because patience accords with the principle of the true mark. Another question: Next, in the second aspect of meaning, why is the perfection of giving cited as proof? Because the practice of giving comes first; the rest can be known accordingly. Furthermore, on the first bhūmi one attains the perfection of patience because it accords with the principle and the Dharma. In addition, the dāna-pāramitā encompasses the other five pāramitās, which is why it is specifically singled out. When the text says "the Tathāgata is one who speaks the true," it is because he does not speak falsely of the Buddha's bodhi; "one who speaks the real" because he does not speak falsely of the Hīnayāna's truth of suffering and so forth; "one who speaks suchness" because he does not speak falsely of the Mahāyāna's dharmas being without self and tathatā; "one who does not speak otherwise" because he does not speak falsely regarding predictions across the three periods of time. When the text says "neither real," it is because the Dharma spoken by all Buddhas cannot take hold of that Dharma of realization, and because as it is heard there is no such [graspable] meaning; therefore it is "neither real." When the text speaks of "false speech" [meaning non-false], it is because it accords with the meaning, since this spoken Dharma accords with the Dharma of realization. When the text says "just like a person who enters darkness," someone might doubt: if tathatā is all-pervasive, why is it not seen? Just as when entering darkness, one does not see due to the absence of luminous wisdom, not because the real Dharma does not exist. When the text says "when the night has ended," it is an analogy for possessing luminous wisdom, whereupon there are no hindrances.