金剛般若經旨贊 2.43

2.43

Sūtra: "At that time, I" up to "the mark of a life-span." Commentary: Below clarifies the marks of forbearance. In this there are two parts: first explaining in accordance [with the affirmative], then revealing [by the negative]. This is the first. Because at that time he was free from [the marks of] self and so forth, when the marks of his own body were already separated from the marks of others, there was also no seen distress that could be hated, so he was able to arouse that forbearance of enduring hostility and harm. As the "Bodhisattva Bhūmi" of the Yogācārabhūmi says: If one encounters harm from another, one should reflect thus: "This past karma of mine should rightly meet with harm from another; if I do not endure it now, I will further increase the causes of suffering. Since I would be bound by suffering, how could that be self-love?" Having reflected thus, one should cultivate five perceptions: first, the perception of gathering; second, the perception of close friendship; third, the perception of mere phenomena; fourth, the perception of suffering; fifth, the perception of impermanence. Not giving rise to a mark of self toward harm from another is precisely the mark of mere phenomena among the five marks. Because he cultivated selflessness and the mark of mere phenomena, he did not retaliate against that hostility and gave rise to the first forbearance.