仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 1.55

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Question: Preaching and hearing cease as soon as they arise in a single thought-moment; how does understanding arise accumulated upon consciousness? Answer: Although it is only a single thought-moment, through the successive perfuming of prior and earlier hearings, connected understanding arises upon the subsequent conscious mind. What was previously heard appears collectively, just as when one says "all conditioned phenomena are impermanent" (aniccā vata saṅkhārā), by the time one reaches the character "permanent," the preceding three characters are gathered at once; this applies all the way to subsequent verses and chapters linked together in the same manner. Therefore, although there is arising and ceasing, the sense of preaching and receiving is accomplished. The meaning of the five minds is as ordinarily explained.