金光明經文句記 3.122

3.122

初、明用助意。正助二懺修逐根緣，自有一向修於正道直登圓住。或內外凡，自有一向修於助道。如南嶽立有相安樂行，不入三昧，但誦持故，亦能得見上妙色像。此二隨根修入不同，若悟理時必兩捨也。自有正助相兼而修，或先正後助、或先助後正、或同時而修，今之所立意在同修耳。若於三句都不攝者，則人身牛也。

First, explaining the intention behind using auxiliaries. The cultivation of the primary and auxiliary repentances follows faculties and conditions. Some exclusively cultivate the primary path, ascending directly to the stage of perfect abiding. Or some, being internal or external ordinary persons, exclusively cultivate the auxiliary path. For instance, Nanyue established the peaceful practice with signs: without entering samādhi, merely by reciting and upholding, one can also behold superior and wondrous physical forms. These two differ in their cultivation and entry according to faculties; when awakening to principle, both must be abandoned. Others cultivate by combining the primary and auxiliary, either primary first and auxiliary later, auxiliary first and primary later, or cultivating both simultaneously. What is established now intends simultaneous cultivation. One who is not included in any of these three alternatives is a human body with the nature of an ox.