請觀音經疏闡義鈔 3.54

3.54

From "Phenomenal explanation" onward, this cites the Erya. The character ji may also be written with the grain radical [饑]; both are acceptable. "The five grains" are wheat, beans, foxtail millet, proso millet, and hemp. Alternatively, they are called: housed grains, loose grains, horned grains, awned grains, and bearded grains. Among the four phrases in the figurative explanation, the first two take not hearing the teaching as famine and hearing the teaching to produce understanding as satiety. The next two phrases take having understanding without practice as famine and having both understanding and practice as satiety. "Correct wisdom" is correct practice. It nourishes and increases the Dharma-body just as the five grains nourish the physical body; hence lacking correct wisdom is called famine. "Auxiliary paths" means practicing phenomenally alongside, aiding and completing correct wisdom. Yang Quan's Wulilun states, "The fruits of vegetables and trees assist grain"; hence lacking auxiliary paths is called vegetable shortage. "Up to the wholesome [deeds] of humans and gods" omits those with suffering retribution, which is why it says "up to." "Applying this successively across the ten kinds of persons": for those with suffering retribution, lacking wholesome dharmas is famine, and humans and gods are satiety; and so forth up to the person of the perfect teaching, for whom partial realization is famine, and ultimate realization is satiety.