金光明最勝王經疏 4.474

4.474

贊曰：梵王請問修相。有四：一問如何觀解自在、二問如何修菩提行、三問依何而起修說、四問得益多少。初中，一問、二答。此初問也。文有二：一能請人。索訶，此云堪忍界，即生死於中多怨難，菩薩能忍。梵王者，或云初靜慮王，或是第四靜慮王，大千主故。二所請主。正申問：此菩提行，離四句、絕八非，非語詮、斷思慮，非真非俗，二乘不知、凡夫不測，難可解知。汝今云何於菩提行智觀自在？

The Commentary says: The Brahmā King inquires into the characteristics of cultivation. There are four [inquiries]: first, inquiring how one's contemplation, understanding, and mastery are; second, inquiring how one cultivates the practice of bodhi; third, inquiring on what basis one initiates the cultivation and teaching; fourth, inquiring how much benefit is obtained. Within the first, first is the question, second is the answer. This is the first question. The text has two [parts]: first, the person who makes the request. "Sahā" is translated here as "endurance world," meaning saṃsāra, in which there are many enmities and difficulties that bodhisattvas are able to endure. As for the Brahmā King, he is said to be either the king of the first dhyāna or the king of the fourth dhyāna, because he is the lord of the great trichiliocosm. Second, the one who is addressed. Directly putting forward the question: This practice of bodhi is free from the four propositions, transcends the eight negations, is beyond verbal expression, cuts off discursive thought, is neither ultimate nor conventional; it is not known by the two vehicles and cannot be fathomed by ordinary people, being difficult to understand and know. How have you now attained mastery of wisdom and contemplation with respect to the practice of bodhi?