觀無量壽佛經疏 2.39

2.39

六、從時大目連下，至為王說法已來，明其父王因請得蒙聖法。此明目連得他心智，遙知父王請意，即發神通，如彈指頃到於王所。又恐人不識神通之相，故引快鷹為喻。然目連通力，一念之頃遶四天下百千之匝，豈得與鷹為類也。如是比校乃有眾多，不可具引，如《賢愚經》具說。言日日如是授王八戒者。此明父王延命，致使目連數來受戒。

Sixth, from 'at that time the great Maudgalyāyana' down to 'expounded the Dharma for the king,' it clarifies that on account of his request, the father-king received the sacred Dharma. This clarifies that Maudgalyāyana obtained the knowledge of others' minds, knew from afar the father-king's intention in requesting, and immediately manifested spiritual powers, arriving at the king's place in the snap of a finger. Furthermore, fearing people would not recognize the mark of spiritual powers, [the sūtra] therefore uses a swift falcon as an analogy. Yet Maudgalyāyana's power of supernatural penetration could circle the four continents hundreds of thousands of times in the space of a single thought; how could he be of the same class as a falcon? Comparisons such as this are indeed numerous and cannot be fully cited, as broadly explained in the Damamūka-nidāna Sūtra. In saying 'day after day conferred the eight precepts upon the king like this,' this clarifies that the father-king prolonging his life caused Maudgalyāyana to come repeatedly to confer the precepts.