仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 2.309

2.309

The commentary states: The ten good deeds are as explained below. In this stage of the ten good deeds, it takes ten thousand kalpas to enter the suppressing kṣānti, because this is the skillful means for kṣānti. As for "arousing the great aspiration," that which is delivered, abandoned, cultivated, and directed toward are all great, hence it is called "arousing the great aspiration." As for "forever parting from the three realms," those who previously aroused the great aspiration generally fall into two categories: first, those who proceed directly; second, those who turn their aspiration. If they arouse it suddenly beforehand, their minds are necessarily firm and fierce; although defilements are not yet severed, they are certain to transcend them. If they awaken gradually later, the trainees and non-trainees of the two vehicles sever obstacles through the noble path, hence it is said to "forever part." As for "the ocean of the wheel of suffering," suffering pervades the three realms, meaning the three sufferings, established as suffering based on suffering, pleasure, and equanimity. Turning endlessly without rest like a wheel, rising and falling, submerging and emerging, it is vast and deep like an ocean. As for "middling and inferior degrees of good," because the time spent cultivating the ten good deeds is long, the initial, middle, and final stages constitute inferior, middling, and superior. The middling and inferior two degrees become "kings scattered like millet"; minor kings are numerous like scattered grains of millet, so the name is established from this metaphor. Also, just as at the beginning of the kalpa when fragrant rice was distributed, it was dispersed like millet, hence they are called "kings scattered like millet." If of the superior degree, they are iron-wheel-turning kings. Next, the third part clarifies the stages of the three worthinesses.