仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 1.64

1.64

Question: What is the meaning of mentioning both the mountain and the city?
Answer: According to the *Saddharmapuṇḍarīkôpadeśa*, it is because Rājagṛha surpasses other cities, and Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa surpasses other mountains. Both the mountain and the city are superior, signifying the superiority of the Dharma. The *Dazhidulun* says: "Because it was the land of the Buddha's physical birth, in order to repay the kindness of the land, he dwelt in Rājagṛha to expound prajñā." Furthermore, Paramārtha's notes say there are two dwelling places: first, the place of object-domain; second, the place of reliance. This is in order to convert both householders and renunciants, to reveal the Buddha's non-abiding path of compassion and wisdom, because both the nature and substance of the path are accomplished, and because both benefiting others and benefiting oneself reach culmination. Endowed with these manifold virtues, both places are jointly designated; those who take delight in the holy, devas, Brahmā, and Buddhas have recounted this.