觀音義疏 1.68

1.68

復次，明刀杖機應遍法界者，良由本修別圓觀時，見諸鋒刃傷毀，即起慈悲，我當救護；修善遮惡時，於善惡業復起慈悲；若觀刀杖是因緣生法，修三觀時復起慈悲。願行填滿，今住王三昧中，無量神力，以本事慈悲對果報刀箭、修善慈悲救惡業刀箭、三觀慈悲救煩惱刀箭。

Furthermore, explaining that the capacity and response regarding swords and staves pervade the dharma realm: this is truly because when originally cultivating the Separate and Perfect contemplations, seeing various sharp edges injuring and destroying, [the bodhisattva] immediately gave rise to loving-kindness and compassion: 'I will rescue and protect them.' When cultivating the good and warding off the evil, toward wholesome and unwholesome karma they again gave rise to loving-kindness and compassion. Contemplating swords and staves as dharmas produced from causes and conditions, when cultivating the three contemplations, they again gave rise to loving-kindness and compassion. Vows and practices having been fulfilled, they now abide in the King Samādhi with immeasurable spiritual power: using original phenomenal loving-kindness and compassion against the swords and arrows of retribution; using the loving-kindness and compassion of cultivating good to rescue from the swords and arrows of unwholesome karma; and using the loving-kindness and compassion of the three contemplations to rescue from the swords and arrows of afflictions.