金光明經文句記 3.59

3.59

Second, from 'If one takes' downward, explaining in terms of two conditions. Non-killing has two aspects: not killing is cessation-wholesomeness, and releasing living beings is action-wholesomeness. Non-stealing has two aspects: not stealing is cessation-wholesomeness, and giving food is action-wholesomeness. Therefore, the ten wholesome deeds each have cessation and action, all named two conditions. The sūtra alternately adduces cessation and action for the two wholesomenesses; each and every one is the two conditions for long lifespan. Generating the bodhicitta is alone named the cause. 'Dharma-nature' means that the uncreated four vows arise entirely from Dharma-nature and are the cause of long lifespan. Since the various two conditions can assist the genuine mind of the path, they unite Dharma and retribution as neither permanent nor impermanent, capable of generating response and transformation as permanent and impermanent; the three bodies being a single substance is this wondrous permanence.