金剛般若經旨贊 2.208

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經。須菩提至七寶布施　贊曰。下明不住流轉。文分為二。初明有福非苦所惱。後明受報而不住著。初中復二。初舉劣後顯勝。此初也。恐諸菩薩生如是心。若不住涅槃應生死苦逼。為離執著疑惑之心。說有福德而無苦惱故。舉凡人施寶福因感得輪王釋梵等報。尚非圓勝尚無苦逼。況佛菩薩勝福德耶。如經說云。轉輪聖王以少福故當得無病等。

Sūtra: [“Subhūti,] if [a bodhisattva were to fill worlds as numerous as the sands of the Ganges with] the seven treasures and give them as gifts...” / Praise: Below clarifies not abiding in transmigration. The text is divided into two: first, clarifying that having merit means not being afflicted by suffering; second, clarifying that receiving retribution entails not abiding or clinging. The first part also has two: first, presenting the inferior; second, showing the superior. This is the first. It is feared that bodhisattvas might give rise to such a thought: “If one does not abide in nirvāṇa, one should be oppressed by the suffering of saṃsāra.” To dispel this mind of attachment and doubt, he speaks of having merit without suffering or affliction; therefore, he adduces ordinary persons whose merit-cause of giving treasures induces the rewards of a wheel-turning king, Śakra, Brahmā, and so on, which, though not perfect or superior, are not yet oppressed by suffering—how much less so the superior merit of Buddhas and bodhisattvas? As the sūtra says: “A wheel-turning sage king, by virtue of lesser merit, shall attain freedom from illness,” and so forth.