起信論疏筆削記 19.34

19.34

From "Specific approaches" onward is the second: presenting remedies, which has two parts. First, briefly clarifying, which has three parts: first, remedying māras. First, the various medicinal herbs each have their functions. "Prajñā" refers to texts of the class of the Diamond Sūtra and the Mahāprajñāpāramitā. "Incantations" refers to various dhāraṇīs, of which there is more than one. "Silently reciting" is done out of fear that they may hear and untie them, rendering the incantations and the like powerless; it is like administering medicine to be swallowed, which must not be disclosed.