金剛般若論會釋 1.13

1.13

Regarding "the abodes of practice": "practice" refers to the aspects of practice initiated by the three questions; "abodes" refers to the points of reliance, the loci of principles upon which those aspects of cultivation rely. The text has two parts: first, explaining the first abode; second, concluding the abodes already explained. The first part also has two parts: first, explaining the eighteen abodes; second, explaining the eight abodes. The first has three parts: first, listing the names with an introduction; second, explaining their sequence; third, separately matching them to the text. Listing the names with an introduction has two parts: first, explaining with an introduction of the names; second, enumerating the names. Enumerating the names has three parts: 1. introducing, 2. listing, 3. concluding. Explaining the sequence has three parts: first, subsuming the eighteen abodes under the seven semantic topics; second, explaining the sequence; third, concluding the explanation.