大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經略疏 1.335

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佛滅度後，正法、像法各一千年，末法萬年。末法即為末世，去聖遙遠，深可懸憂，故顯益中偏垂結指。又初標此會，後結當來，影略而言，現未俱益。《金剛三昧經》中，解脫菩薩亦為末劫五濁眾生，請宣一味決定真實，令等同解脫。

[Commentary:] After the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, the correct Dharma and the semblance Dharma last one thousand years each, and the final Dharma lasts ten thousand years. The final Dharma is the final age; being far removed from the Sage, it is profoundly worrying. Therefore, in revealing the benefit, he specifically concludes by pointing to it. Furthermore, having first indicated this assembly and now concluding with the future, by complementary implication both the present and future are benefited. In the Vajrasamādhi Sūtra, Bodhisattva Vimukti also requested the expounding of the one-flavor definitive reality for the sentient beings of the five corruptions in the final kalpa, so that they might equally attain liberation.