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御注金剛般若波羅蜜經宣演 2.153

御注金剛般若波羅蜜經宣演 2.153

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Classical Chinese

2.153

經。若有眾生至我人眾生壽者 演曰。返顯也。此中雖無執字意顯則有我人等執故。論云如來如爾炎而知。是故若有眾生如來則為有我耶。此意佛一切智稱理而知無中。謂有即為妄執違爾炎境。既無妄執。是故不見有少眾生如來度者。彼偈云。

Sūtra: “If there were sentient beings […] self, person, sentient being, and soul.”
Exposition: Counter-demonstration. Although there is no character for “grasping” here, the meaning shows that there would be grasping at a self, person, and so on. Therefore the treatise says: “The Tathāgata knows in accordance with the jñeya. Therefore, if there were sentient beings, would the Tathāgata have a self?” The meaning is that the Buddha's all-inclusive knowledge knows in accordance with principle; asserting existence within nonexistence is false attachment, contradicting the sphere of the jñeya. Since there is no false attachment, therefore he does not see any sentient being crossed over by the Tathāgata. That verse says:

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