金光明最勝王經疏 4.396

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三解妨者，問：若前品明境為令生解，未說修行，如何聞說解空發願？答：前正明境，隨聞分修，故有得益。此正明修，故天女請云：「唯願為說於甚深理修行之法。」又前聞空，生無分別智行利；後令起修，二智二利。又前利根聞說得益，此為鈍根。問：前之三品不請而說，何故此品待請方說？答：令法久住，顯佛大悲不請而說。令生渴仰機宜所欲，因請方說。故不一準。又前為現會修，此為後時學。又前品久修者，隨聞能修；此品通為近遠二修。

Third, resolving difficulties: Question: If the previous chapter clarified the object in order to bring about understanding, and had not yet spoken of cultivation, how is it that upon hearing the teaching they understood emptiness and gave rise to vows? Answer: The previous [chapter] directly clarified the object, and according to what was heard they cultivated in parts; hence there was benefit attained. This [chapter] directly clarifies cultivation; therefore the devī entreats: 'May you only please explain for us the method of cultivating the profound principle.' Furthermore, previously, upon hearing of emptiness, they generated non-conceptual wisdom and the benefit of practice; later, they are made to generate cultivation, [involving] the two kinds of wisdom and the two benefits. Furthermore, previously, those of sharp faculties attained benefit upon hearing the teaching; this [chapter] is for those of dull faculties. Question: The previous three chapters were spoken without being requested; why does this chapter wait for a request before being spoken? Answer: To cause the Dharma to abide long and to reveal the Buddha's great compassion, it was spoken without being requested. To cause thirst and reverence to arise and to accord with what is needed by [their] capacities, it was spoken by reason of a request. Thus it is not uniform. Furthermore, the former was cultivation for the assembly present then, while this is for practitioners of later times. Furthermore, in the previous chapter, those who had cultivated for a long time were able to cultivate according to what they heard; this chapter is for both proximate and distant cultivations alike.