金光明經文句記 1.121

1.121

初、正示敘述。敘懷疑者，思惟深義，必合疑於所證法常能證壽短。敘斷疑者，佛護本令斷疑生信也。敘〈懺悔品〉者，正為破惡，旁為生善故。敘〈讚歎品〉者，正為生善，旁為破惡故。敘〈空品〉者，此品導成生善滅惡，今文偏敘，滅三障故。大梵釋天，是散脂主。緊那羅等，乃是散脂所領部從。經舉主敘其品也。敘〈正論〉、〈善集〉者，〈正論〉治國，〈善集〉聽經，此俱是祕藏流出，故以祕密敘二品也。敘〈授記〉者，彼由聞經，心淨若空，故得記莂。今云身意無垢穢故。敘〈捨身品〉者，飱太子身既得解脫，顯非邪食以活其命，故今正命一句敘之。敘〈讚佛品〉者，雖三番菩薩以偈讚佛，而此菩薩多是古佛，縱是實行亦是當佛，故今佛讚行人亦是當佛，故敘其品也。彷彿者，不分明貌也。薳，音偉，遠也。如云不得過自明分也。

First, directly showing the narrative. Recounting the harboring of doubt: contemplating the profound meaning, one inevitably doubts that the Dharma realized is eternal while the lifespan of the one who realizes it is short. Recounting the cutting off of doubt: the Buddha's protection fundamentally causes doubt to be cut off and faith to arise. Recounting the 'Chapter on Repentance': this is primarily to destroy evil and secondarily to generate good. Recounting the 'Chapter on Praise': this is primarily to generate good and secondarily to destroy evil. Recounting the 'Chapter on Emptiness': this chapter guides and brings about the generation of good and destruction of evil; the present text recounts it specifically because it eradicates the three obstacles. Great Brahmā and Śakra are the lords of Saṃjñeya. The kiṃnaras and others are the retinue led by Saṃjñeya. The sūtra raises the lords to recount their chapters. Recounting the 'Correct Treatise' and 'Good Gathering': the 'Correct Treatise' governs the state, and 'Good Gathering' listens to the sūtra; these both flow forth from the secret treasury, so it recounts the two chapters by means of the secret. Recounting 'Conferring Predictions': because they heard the sūtra, their minds became pure like empty space, so they received predictions. This is why it now says 'body and mind free from defilement.' Recounting the 'Chapter on Giving Up the Body': because feeding on the Prince's body brought about liberation, demonstrating that it was not unwholesome food used to sustain life, it is now recounted with the single phrase 'right livelihood.' Recounting the 'Chapter on Praising the Buddha': although the three turns of bodhisattvas praise the Buddha with verses, these bodhisattvas are mostly ancient Buddhas, and even if practitioners of actual practice, they are future Buddhas; hence now the Buddha praises practitioners as also future Buddhas, thereby recounting that chapter. 'Fangfu' means an indistinct appearance. 'Wei' (薳), pronounced wěi, means distant, as in saying one must not exceed one's own clear bounds.