仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 3.660

3.660

解曰：如影隨形者，影與身俱，喻順現也。如響應聲，聲滅響應，喻順生也。如人夜書火滅字存者，火喻作業，字喻熏習。火字二現，喻一現種，舉已見邊顯不見故。火業雖滅，字種不亡，招順後報近遠必熟。又現等有幾、何業定招？染善勝因，如常分別。從此第五佛法不久誡。文分為三：且初第一標制法人。

Exposition: 'Like a shadow following a form': the shadow is simultaneous with the body, which illustrates [retribution] in the present life. 'Like an echo responding to a sound': the sound ceases and the echo responds, which illustrates [retribution] in the next life. 'Like a person writing at night—when the fire is extinguished, the writing remains': the fire illustrates the creation of karma, and the writing illustrates perfuming. The two visible manifestations of fire and writing illustrate the one visible manifestation and the seed; by citing the seen aspect, the unseen is revealed. Although the fire of karma is extinguished, the seed of writing does not perish, inviting subsequent retribution that will inevitably ripen sooner or later. Furthermore, how many present and other [retributions] are there, and what karma definitely invites them? Tainted and wholesome supreme causes are distinguished as usual. From here, the fifth [part] is the admonition that the Buddha's teaching will not endure for long. The text is divided into three: first, identifying the persons who institute regulations.