金剛般若論會釋 1.53

1.53

In explaining the abode of embracing, the second section pointing to the answers to the three questions has two parts: first, pointing out the text; and second, re-explaining the aspiration. That is, embracing the two texts on vastness and supremacy constitutes the desire and aspiration. Answering the first question, because of correctly seeking and mindfulness, it takes the constant mind as meditative attainment; answering the second question, it is abbreviated and lacks sūtra text. 'Truly there are no sentient beings who attain extinction'—if one relies on Kumārajīva, which lacks the initial repeating text of 'he is not a bodhisattva,' then this answer is absent. Correctly giving rise to non-conceptual concentration, it therefore answers practice; afterward, reversing it to 'is not called a bodhisattva,' even if abiding in a distracted mind, is non-conceptual. The text answering the third question has three parts: first, matching the text; second, explaining the meaning; and third, establishing what preceded. In the explanation, 'such nirvāṇa' refers to the cognitive object: in the state of concentration, contemplating all object characteristics, there is utterly no self or other; therefore, in the distracted state, as if abiding in concentration contemplating the cognitive object, there are also no characteristics of others; afterward, it turns back to establish the preceding practice, saying 'Therefore there are no sentient beings who attain nirvāṇa,' and this meaning is accomplished.