金剛般若論會釋 3.7

3.7

「若菩薩作是言」下，大段破疑中第二文也。於中然有三段，一者、於前本宗上疑，疑云，「若無菩薩者，佛亦不成大菩薩，眾生亦不入涅槃，亦無清淨佛國土，若如是，為何義於諸菩薩發心欲令眾生入涅槃，起心修行，清淨佛國土耶？」即此已下及嚴淨佛國文是矣。「若菩薩作是言」等一段經文，二論釋別，世親菩薩為同破一疑故，遠入後文，無著論主入證道時，顯出離慢，故合為前段，各不違也。第二、第三疑，至下當述。

The passage from “If a bodhisattva should speak thus” onward is the second text within the major section of resolving doubts. Within it there are three sections: the first is a doubt regarding the previous fundamental thesis, which doubts: “If there is no bodhisattva, then a Buddha also does not become a great bodhisattva, sentient beings also do not enter nirvāṇa, and there is also no pure buddha-land. If so, for what purpose do bodhisattvas arouse the aspiration wanting to cause sentient beings to enter nirvāṇa, and generate the mind to practice and purify buddha-lands?” That is, this passage below and the text on adorning and purifying buddha-lands are it. As for the section of sūtra text beginning with “If a bodhisattva should speak thus,” the two treatises explain it differently: Bodhisattva Vasubandhu, in order to jointly resolve a single doubt, carries it far into the subsequent text, whereas the treatise master Asaṅga, when entering the path of realization, reveals leaving conceit, and therefore combines it into the preceding section; neither of them is in conflict. The second and third doubts will be recounted below.