御注金剛般若波羅蜜經宣演 2.174

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2.174

Sūtra: “The Tathāgata does not, by means of […] [samyak]saṃbodhi.”
Exposition: The third part concludes by demonstrating the correct doctrine. It is solely through possessing markless wisdom that one directly realizes bodhi; it is not through taking the completeness of the marks of merit as the cause that one realizes unsurpassed awakening. The Liang translation says: “The Tathāgata does not attain anuttarā [samyaksaṃ]bodhi by means of complete marks.” Although that meritorious karma acts as an indirect condition for realization, it is not an immediate, revealing cause; hence it is not said to be attained [by it].

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