金光明最勝王經疏 1.19

1.19

初、佛說時復分為二：初辨時不同、二辨教時攝。辨時不同者，如《法苑》中總章義林及《能斷般若疏》并《慧日論》等廣明。上明世尊起說經時。二、明教時攝者，是第三時。何以知者？下文亦說十二行法輪。又〈滿願品〉云「八千億天子國王臣民遠塵離垢得法眼淨」，準《瑜伽論》，得預流果，無間道遠塵、解脫道離垢，故通為一切乘。

First, the period when the Buddha preached is again divided into two: first, analyzing the differences in periods; second, analyzing which period of the teaching it is subsumed under. Analyzing the differences in periods is broadly explained as in the *Fayuan [zhulin]*'s "General Overview of the Forest of Meanings", the *Vajracchedikā-ṭīkā*, the *Huiri lun*, and so forth. The above explains the time when the World-Honoured One began to preach the sūtra. Second, explaining which period of the teaching it is subsumed under: it belongs to the third period. How is this known? The text below also speaks of the wheel of Dharma with twelve aspects. Moreover, the "Chapter on Fulfilling Vows" says: "Eight hundred billion devaputras, kings, ministers, and common people left defilement and removed impurity, attaining the purification of the Dharma-eye." According to the *YogācārabCurrent-bhūmi*, attaining the fruit of stream-entry means leaving defilement in the uninterrupted path and removing impurity in the path of liberation; therefore it applies generally to all vehicles.