仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 2.114

2.114

The commentary explains: Previously, prajñā was clarified, and the resultant virtues were already made manifest. Here, asking about the Tathāgata means contemplating the nature right through the characteristics. Furthermore, although the assembly at that time had heard of supreme emptiness, they had not yet understood forgetting characteristics; hence the Buddha raised the question to cause them to contemplate correctly. 'At that time...', the text is as explained before. 'By what characteristics?': do you contemplate the Tathāgata by conditioned characteristics, or by unconditioned characteristics? Next is the second part, King Prasenajit's reply. It is divided into three parts: first, directly clarifying the true mark; second, explaining specifically in terms of dharmas; third, concluding the contemplation of the Tathāgata. First is directly clarifying the true mark.