金剛般若經旨贊 2.88

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經。何以故至聽受讀誦　贊曰。此簡非相也。先徵後釋。何以故法行可難。成大福聚為荷菩提。答中有二。樂不法者。謂二乘人唯信人空不信法空。有法執故。志意狹劣。不皆聞故。著我見等。即諸外道未離我執。同謂有智人法執縛不求二空不能受故。返顯能受。是大乘人離土者故。能成就如前功德。即前及希聞信法與為大乘者義相違帶故在第二而義樂此。

Sūtra: "Why is this? ...listen, receive, read, and recite." / Commentary: This excludes those with inappropriate marks. First it inquires, and then explains. Why is dharma practice so difficult, accomplishing a great heap of merit and bearing bodhi? In the answer there are two: 'those who take pleasure in lesser dharmas' refers to persons of the two vehicles, who only believe in the emptiness of persons and do not believe in the emptiness of dharmas; because they possess dharma grasping, their aspiration is narrow and inferior, and they cannot listen to it; 'attached to the view of a self and so forth' refers to the non-Buddhists who have not abandoned self-grasping. Both mean that being bound by graspings of self and dharma, they do not seek the twofold emptiness and cannot receive it. This inversely shows that those who can receive it are Great Vehicle persons who are free from these faults, able to accomplish the aforementioned merits. This corresponds to the earlier 'and the rarely heard dharma of faith,' which is interlinked with the meaning of being for the Great Vehicle; therefore it comes second, and its meaning delights in this.