金剛般若論會釋 2.16

2.16

此中經文有三，初、問，次、答，後、結。文分二，初、標名配，後、正解經。正解經中分三，初、釋經說三千界義，次、解極微義，後、解世界義。釋說三千界義者，何故不說一身、一境，乃說三千大界也？今釋之云，彼有執身境時，逢境即緣，遇塵便執，觸處惑起，無定分齊，故論說言，彼不限量，攀緣作意，然諸菩薩從初發心，恒於世界攀緣作意，修習唯識，慈愍眾生，故經俱說三千界不減不增。

Here, the sūtra text has three parts: first, question; next, answer; finally, conclusion. The text has two divisions: first, correlating the names; second, correctly explaining the sūtra. The correct explanation of the sūtra has three parts: first, explaining the meaning of the sūtra's mention of the trichiliocosm; second, explaining the meaning of subtle atoms; third, explaining the meaning of the world. Regarding the explanation of the mention of the trichiliocosm: Why does it not speak of a single body and a single objective sphere, but instead speaks of the great trichiliocosm? Now it is explained: when someone clings to body and objective sphere, encountering an object they grasp it, meeting a dust-object they cling to it, and confusion arises wherever they touch, with no fixed limitation. Therefore the treatise says: 'They pay attention to objects without limit.' However, all bodhisattvas, from their initial generation of the mind, constantly pay attention to the worlds, cultivating consciousness-only and having compassion for sentient beings; therefore the sūtra speaks of both the trichiliocosm without decrease or increase.