金光明最勝王經疏 4.328

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贊曰：別示。於中有八：一持呪方便；二處所；三莊嚴；四時節；五結淨；六供養；七「入道場」下正行，正行中有九：一歸禮、二懺悔、三虔恭、四誦數、五起願、六食處時節、七所應食染令黑亦得、八知量、九期限；八「能令」下願遂，有二：初福多之者二七願遂、二「若不遂意」下惡業重者更重邀期還如前作。此分二品，準餘修行多分三品。或約根性利鈍、或障有三品、或三品修，如求普賢或一七二三七日，或復經生業輕重別。此亦如是，文段準科。

Commentary: The specific instructions. Within this, there are eight: first, the preliminary expedients for reciting the mantra; second, the location; third, the adornment; fourth, the time; fifth, the purification; sixth, the offerings; seventh, from 'entering the ritual site' onward, the actual practice, which contains nine points: 1. taking refuge and paying homage, 2. repentance, 3. devout reverence, 4. the number of recitations, 5. making aspirations, 6. the place and time of eating, 7. what should be eaten, dyeing it black being also permissible, 8. knowing moderation, 9. the time limit; eighth, from 'this can cause' onward, the fulfillment of wishes, which has two parts: first, those with great merit fulfill their wishes in two [times] seven days; second, from 'if one's wishes are not met' onward, those whose evil karma is heavy set another deadline and practice again as before. This is divided into two grades; based on other practices, there are mostly three grades. This is either based on faculties being sharp or dull, or on obstacles having three grades, or on the three grades of cultivation—as in the case of seeking Samantabhadra, where it may take one, two, or three seven-day periods, or it may differ according to the lightness or heaviness of karma over lifetimes. Here it is also like this; the textual divisions follow the outline.