金剛般若波羅蜜經略疏 2.24

2.24

Regarding the fourth [part], the text showing the supremacy of the Dharma, there are broadly four [sections] to be recognized. Further, regarding the statement 'neither sentient beings nor non-sentient beings': if someone has faith in this sūtra, that person is not a sentient being, because they are not without a noble essence; they are 'not non-sentient beings' because they possess a noble essence. That person is not an ordinary sentient being, nor are they not a noble-essence sentient being. Furthermore, it says: 'Sentient beings, sentient beings—the Tathāgata says are not sentient beings, therefore they are called sentient beings.' When the Tathāgata says 'not sentient beings,' he means they are not ordinary sentient beings.