金剛般若論會釋 2.16

2.16

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.