仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 1.31

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五、會所攝者，《大般若經》總依四處十六會說。言四處者，一王舍城鷲峰山、二室羅筏給孤獨園、三他化天宮摩尼寶藏殿、四王舍城竹林園白鷺池側。其十六會初之五分更無別名，但以數次標其分目；次之三分從請主名、第六最勝天王分、第七曼殊室利分、第八那伽室利分；後之八分所詮為目，第九能斷金剛分、第十般若理趣分、餘之六分如次六度以題今目。然今此經四處之中同第一處，若十六會，無此會經。其猶聯綿長山一峯孤秀、盪洋渤澥別浦澄天，披之者坐覽三祇、尋之者全觀十地，迷者觀之不惑、悟者藉之昇堦。菩薩行門如啟諸掌、佛果久近掘鏡融心，淨信則福越河沙、持讀乃災殃霧卷，安人護國莫大於斯，塵劫讚揚願中報効故。

Fifth, subsumption under assembly: the Great Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra was spoken in total across four places and sixteen assemblies. As for the four places: first, Gṛdhrakūṭa Mountain in Rājagṛha; second, Anāthapiṇḍada's park in Śrāvastī; third, the Hall of the Mani Jewel Storehouse in the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heaven palace; fourth, beside the White Heron Pond in the Bamboo Grove of Rājagṛha. Of its sixteen assemblies, the first five divisions have no other titles, but merely designate their division titles by sequential numbers. The next three divisions take their names from the requesters: the sixth is the "Supreme Heavenly King Division"; the seventh is the "Mañjuśrī Division"; the eighth is the "Nāgaśrī Division". The final eight divisions take what they expound as their titles: the ninth is the "Diamond-Cutter Division"; the tenth is the "Prajñānaya Division"; and the remaining six divisions are titled according to the six pāramitās respectively. However, among the four places, this sūtra shares the first place; but among the sixteen assemblies, this assembly's sūtra is not included. It is like an isolated and outstanding peak amid an unbroken chain of long mountains, or a distinct inlet under clear skies beside the billowing Bohai Sea. Those who unfold it survey three asaṃkhyeya kalpas while seated; those who search it view the ten bhūmis in full. The deluded who view it cease to be confused; the awakened who rely on it ascend the stages. The gates of bodhisattva practice are like opening one's palms; the distance or proximity of the buddha fruit excavates the mirror to meld the mind. With pure faith, merit surpasses the sands of the Ganges; with upholding and recitation, calamities roll away like mist. Nothing is greater than this for pacifying the people and protecting the state, to repay [the Buddha's] benevolence in accordance with vows by praising it for dust-mote kalpas.