妙法蓮華經玄義 10.86

10.86

「是時長者有疾，自知將死不久，語窮子言：我今多有金銀珍寶，倉庫盈溢，其中多少，所應取與。窮子受勅，領知眾物，而無悕取一餐之意，然其所止，故在本處。」此領何義？從方等後，次說《般若》。《般若》觀慧，即是家業，歷於名色，乃至種智，即是眾物。善吉等轉教，即是領知。但為菩薩說，自不行證，故無怖取，即是從方等經出《摩訶般若》。因是得識大士法門，滅破無知，譬從生蘇出熟蘇，是為第四時教也。

'At that time the elder fell ill, and knowing of himself that he would not live long, he said to the impoverished son: "I now possess much gold, silver, and precious treasures, and my storehouses are overflowing. You should know how much there is among them, and what should be taken and given." The impoverished son received the command and took charge of and knew the various goods, yet had no intention of aspiring to take even a single meal; and his dwelling place remained where it was before.' What meaning does this express? Following the Vaipulya, *Prajñā* was expounded next. The contemplative wisdom of *Prajñā* is the family business; going through name-and-form up to the knowledge of all forms is the various goods. Subhūti and others turning and transmitting the teaching is taking charge and knowing. Merely preaching it for the bodhisattvas without practicing and realizing it themselves, they had no intention of grasping it—this is the *Mahā-prajñā* emerging from the Vaipulya sūtras. Because of this, they came to recognize the Dharma gates of the great beings and destroy ignorance—just as from raw butter, cooked butter is produced. This is the teaching of the fourth period.