金光明經文句記 3.302

3.302

二、「從一」下，絕言歎，二：初、分文。二、「一切」下，隨釋，二：初、正絕言；二、「更牒」下，牒喻帖合。問：疏釋寄言及以絕言，皆離思說。同耶？異耶？答：四德祕密，本離心緣。今之稱歎，為令眾生入祕藏故，故寄言絕言皆彰離念，寄言用四喻於四德，喻既莫數，顯德忘緣。絕言中四不可為喻，亦顯四德忘於緣慮。大師深達經文妙旨，故解二文皆絕思說也。

Second, from "from one..." onward, praise that transcends speech, which has two parts: first, dividing the text. Second, from "all..." onward, explaining accordingly, which has two parts: first, strictly transcending speech; second, from "further reiterating..." onward, reiterating the analogies to make them correspond. Question: The commentary's explanation of praise relying on words and praise transcending speech are both free from thought and discourse. Are they identical or different? Answer: The secret of the four virtues is originally free from mental conditions. The present praise is to enable sentient beings to enter the secret treasury; therefore, praise relying on words and praise transcending speech both demonstrate freedom from thoughts. Relying on words uses four analogies for the four virtues; since the analogies cannot be counted, they reveal that the virtues transcend conditions. The four in the praise transcending speech cannot serve as analogies, which also reveals that the four virtues transcend conditions and deliberations. The Great Master deeply penetrated the subtle principle of the sūtra text, and therefore explained both texts as transcending thought and discourse.