金剛般若經旨贊 2.73

2.73

The first three lines are questions; the last line concludes with the answer. Because of the first question, the sūtra says: "In a future era... in this sūtra and so forth." There are ten dharma practices; here five are briefly raised: first, receiving; second, retaining; third, reading; fourth, reciting; fifth, explaining to others. That is, regarding the written words, with dhāraṇī one first receives and then retains; regarding the meaning and principle, with extensive listening one first reads and then recites. One receives in order to retain; one reads in order to recite. However, reading and reciting are divided or combined in the two treatises depending on whether one faces the text or has one's back to it. Asaṅga divides them into two, as both belong to extensive listening; Vasubandhu combines them into one. These first four dharma practices are for ripening oneself: externally hearing from another, one generates the wisdom arisen from listening; internally retaining without forgetting, one generates the wisdom arisen from reflection; and continuously contemplating, up to the wisdom arisen from cultivation. The fifth dharma practice is for transforming sentient beings. The Treatise's verse says: