金剛般若論會釋 3.17

3.17

From here below clarifies purity of cognition; the sūtra text has three parts: first, clarifying that the Tathāgata is able to know all the various minds; next, questioning and explaining the reason for knowing many minds; and finally, questioning and explaining anew the meaning that they are not the abiding of minds. The preceding text has six parts: 1. the Buddha asks; 2. Subhūti answers, knowing that the Buddha intends to take the sands of the Gaṅgā as the number and ask relying on conventional truth, so he also answers according to conventional truth; 3. [the Buddha] asks again; 4. [Subhūti] answers again; 5. based on the preceding many realms, revealing the multitude of sentient beings; 6. based on the preceding many sentient beings, revealing the existence of many minds, because each sentient being has various kinds of minds. The text of the treatise has two parts: first, citing the sūtra to match the topics; next, properly resolving the difficulty.