金光明經文句記 5.210

5.210

四、第一義。本金光明者，即〈四王品〉云「所作國事、所造世論，皆因此經」也。至德要道者，至謂窮理之極，要謂以一總眾。謂茲正論是先王舊法，為德之極、道之要也。前之三悉屬於世間，且就未辨；今此第四兼出世足，故雙明本末之義，令其聞者解悟兩種第一義故。鈍者但得世間要道，此從末也；利者乃悟出世要道，此從本也。增益天德亦須兩分：從末者益但生天；若從本者益在義天亦兼淨天，以金光明屬通教故。

Fourth, the ultimate [siddhānta]. "The origin is the Suvarṇaprabhāsa": this is what the "Chapter on the Four Kings" says: "The state affairs undertaken and the worldly treatises composed all rely on this sūtra." Regarding "supreme virtue and essential Way": "supreme" means exhausting the utmost of principle; "essential" means taking the one to encompass the many. It means that this correct treatise is the old law of former kings, being the utmost of virtue and the essence of the Way. The former three siddhāntas belong to the worldly, which are not yet fully differentiated; now this fourth one additionally covers the trans-worldly; therefore, both the origin and the branch are illuminated, causing the hearers to understand and awaken to the two kinds of ultimate truth. The dull only attain the worldly essential Way, which accords with the branch; the sharp awaken to the trans-worldly essential Way, which accords with the origin. Increasing heavenly virtue must also be divided in two: according with the branch, the benefit is merely rebirth in heaven; if according with the origin, the benefit is in the heaven of principle (yitian) and also encompasses the pure heaven (jingtian), because the Suvarṇaprabhāsa belongs to the Shared Teaching.