金光明經文句記 1.47

1.47

First, general. Clarifying 'thus' (*ru*) in terms of expounding and transmitting, and clarifying 'is' (*shi*) in terms of understanding and receiving. Since this is a general interpretation, running down through the specific interpretations it must encompass the four teachings; therefore we know that the characteristics of phenomena are that which is expounded by the four, the Buddha is the lord who proclaims the four teachings, Ānanda is the person who hears and upholds the four, and in terms of their respective stations, all four are vast like an ocean.