請觀音經疏闡義鈔 4.13

4.13

In the sūtra, "auspicious phrases" refers to the dhāraṇī. In recent editions of the sūtra, below "the hands emit fragrant, colored milk," there is the superfluous phrase, "those who are pressed by hunger and thirst"; ancient editions do not have it at all. When Zhizhe quotes it across various texts, he also lacks this phrase. In the sūtra, "wisdom of good accumulation" refers to sarvākārajñatā (knowledge of all aspects). In the sūtra, "as if saving one's head on fire": the Suvarṇaprabhāsa states, "Just as when a man or woman's head is on fire or clothes are on fire, they hasten to extinguish it quickly, and if the fire is not yet extinguished, they cannot rest even for a moment; repentance is also like this." Here, the character ran (然) means to burn (燃). Moreover, the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa explains the simile of the jackal saving its head, called "saving the head on fire"; in that case, the character ran is a grammatical particle. In the sūtra, "cold forest" (寒林) refers to a śītavana (charnel ground). The Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya states: "This forest has many corpses; when people enter, it is dreadful, like cold. Those who cultivate dhūta practices mostly dwell in this forest because it is easy to contemplate impermanence." Śreṇika was probably such a person! In the sūtra, "countless" (無央數): in Sanskrit, asaṃkhya; translated here as "countless." The Songs of Chu states: "The time is not yet ending (wei yang)"; Wang Yi said: "Yang means exhausted."