觀音義疏 2.88

2.88

三、從是故汝等去，是勸供養也。佛答前問，先總、後別；末勸受持，而眾生仰荷冥益，但可持名秉字而已。故前開三段，始終開合，於義相稱。佛答後問，前別、後總，末勸供養。眾生既荷顯益，見色聞聲，故勸供養。此則開合始終相稱，而總別前後者互舉爾。有人以總答為歎德，此分文傷義。

Third, from 'therefore you all' onwards, this is the exhortation to make offerings. When the Buddha answered the previous question, he was first general and later specific; at the end he exhorted them to accept and uphold [the name], and as sentient beings respectfully receive hidden benefit, they need only uphold the name and maintain the syllables. Therefore the preceding opened three sections, which correspond in meaning from beginning to end, in opening and closing. When the Buddha answered the latter question, he was first specific and later general, and at the end exhorted making offerings. Since sentient beings have received manifest benefit, seeing the form and hearing the sound, he therefore exhorted making offerings. Thus opening and closing correspond from beginning to end, and the general and specific, before and after, merely mention each other reciprocally. Some people take the general answer to be praising virtues; this division of the text damages the meaning.