金光明最勝王經疏 3.239

3.239

贊曰：得益，離於八難。初離三惡道即為三。阿蘇羅，若依小乘，鬼畜趣攝；若依大乘，是天趣攝，即邊地攝。生人天者，翻前惡趣及邊地。不生下賤，即除諸根不具生盲生聾。恒得近佛者，離佛前後難。聽聞正法者，離世智辨聰難。常生佛國，離長壽諸天難。依《成實論》四輪摧八難：一住善處，謂中國，除五難，謂三惡趣、長壽天、邊地難。二依善人，謂遇佛，除生佛前後。三發正願，謂正見，除邪見、世智辨聰。四宿植善根，除諸根不具。今聞此經，但能信解具推八難，故威力勝，能除障故。非但除障，亦疾得菩提，下釋成中辨。

Commentary: The benefits gained consist of leaving behind the eight difficulties. First, leaving behind the three evil destinies accounts for three. As for the asuras, according to the Hīnayāna, they are subsumed under the ghosts and animals; according to the Mahāyāna, they are subsumed under the deva destiny, which is subsumed under border regions. Being born among humans and devas reverses the preceding evil destinies and border regions. Not being born into lowly conditions eliminates having defective sense faculties, or being born blind or deaf. Constantly being able to draw near to the Buddha frees one from the difficulty of being born before or after a Buddha. Hearing the saddharma frees one from the difficulty of worldly cleverness and intellectual acuity. Constantly being born in a Buddha-land frees one from the difficulty of the long-lived devas. According to the Tattvasiddhi-śāstra, four wheels crush the eight difficulties: first, dwelling in a good place, meaning the central realm, which eliminates five difficulties—the three evil destinies, the long-lived devas, and the border regions; second, relying on good people, meaning meeting a Buddha, which eliminates being born before or after a Buddha; third, giving rise to right aspiration, meaning right view, which eliminates wrong views and worldly cleverness; fourth, planting good roots in the past, which eliminates having defective sense faculties. Now, upon hearing this sūtra, if one can simply have faith and understanding, one fully overturns the eight difficulties; therefore its awesome power is supreme, being able to eliminate hindrances. Not only does it eliminate hindrances, but one also swiftly attains bodhi, as analyzed below in the explanatory establishment.