金剛經疏 1.15

1.15

經曰。須菩提菩薩至應如是布施者。自下約無住斷疑兩重。一約斷疑。二約自行斷。外化者疑曰。若其無住為誰修行。若見眾生可為應名住著眾生。今明約俗可言有為。約真即無所為故。偈曰。

From the sūtra's 'Subhūti, a bodhisattva…' up to 'should practice dāna like this', below, there are two levels of severing doubts with respect to non-abiding: first, with respect to severing doubts [regarding others]; second, with respect to severing [doubts] through one's own practice. External converters doubt, saying: 'If there is no abiding, for whom does one practice? If one sees sentient beings for whose sake one acts, this should be called abiding in and clinging to sentient beings.' Now it is clarified that in terms of the conventional, one may speak of doing something, but in terms of the ultimate, there is nothing done. Therefore the verse says: