金剛般若論會釋 1.31

1.31

The above explanation of the grand outline directly set forth among the seven semantic topics is concluded. Below begins the direct interpretation of the text of the sūtra, in which the second major section re-explains the preceding text. In explaining the profound essentials of the fundamental tenets in great detail, there are two parts: first, explaining the fulfillment of comportment in the preface—sitting cross-legged and upright with unmoving mindfulness; second, explaining the main body. Although one may teach the Dharma while walking, standing, or sitting, sitting quietly is now shown to be superior for awakening and speaking, symbolizing that the inner mind is awake and resting in true reality while the outer appearance then speaks to benefit sentient beings; it is explained here with only one meaning, while the remaining meanings are as explained in the comportment of sitting peacefully in the Lotus Sūtra. Next, the explanation of the main body is divided into three: first, explaining the text on not severing the lineage; second, explaining the text on the characteristics of generating practice, such as why it only asks about setting out in the Bodhisattva Vehicle; third, explaining the text on the abodes of practice under the elder's excellent questioning. The first part is divided into three: first, explaining the intention of the three questions; second, explaining the words “bodhisattva mahāsattva who sets out in the Bodhisattva Vehicle”; third, explaining the meaning of the preceding “supreme embracing” and so forth. In the text of the sūtra, it is interpreted from the back to the front; observing the passages above and below interpreted by this treatise, it only begins to explain when there is text that is absent from Vasubandhu’s commentary on Maitreya’s verses; it is not that the brothers knowingly contradicted each other.