金光明經文句 1.5

1.5

「一時」者，肇師云：「法王啟運嘉會之時也。」三藏云：「高時下時皆是，若過若不及不堪聞法。唯有平時，即是一時也。」私謂：高時慢心不行，下時耽荒五欲，不耽不慢是平時也。師釋：眾生感法、佛慈赴教，機應之時也，亦是發真見諦之時也，亦是法眼明朗照世之時也，亦是佛眼照中之時也（云云）。而言一者，若前思後覺，斯二非一；思覺妄斷豁悟之時，故言一時也。觀解者，從假入空與真一時，從空入假與機一時，中道正觀與法性一時（云云）。

"At one time": Master Sengzhao said: "It is the time of the auspicious assembly when the Dharma King initiated his dispensation." The Tripiṭaka [Master] said: "High times and low times are both [unfit]: if exceeding or falling short, one is incapable of hearing the Dharma. Only when there is an even time is it 'one time.'" Personally, I hold: during high times, an arrogant mind is active; during low times, one is indulged in the five desires; when neither indulged nor arrogant, it is an even time. The Master explains: it is the time when sentient beings feel a need for the Dharma and the Buddha compassionately responds with teaching—the time of capacity and response; it is also the time of generating the genuine and perceiving the truths; it is also the time when the Dharma eye is brightly illuminating the world; it is also the time when the Buddha eye illuminates the Middle (and so forth). As for saying "one": if there are prior thoughts and subsequent awakenings, these two are not one; it is the time when conceptual thought and delusion are severed and one opens into awakening, hence it is said "at one time." As for the contemplative interpretation: entering emptiness from provisionality is at one time with the real; emerging from emptiness into provisionality is at one time with capacities; the correct contemplation of the Middle Way is at one time with dharmatā (and so forth).