金光明最勝王經疏 1.19

1.19

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.