Regarding the passage reading “fuhui azi zhe kaishi” 扶会阿字者揩寔 in the Putixin lun 菩提心論, there exist some problems in the interpretation of earlier studies. This report is an attempt to rethink the meaning of that passage.
“Fu” 扶 is traditionally read as “sore” meaning “it” in Japanese, but it actually means “four fingers.” “Kaishi” 揩寔 means wiping (揩) the surface (寔) of the character “a” 阿 which is drawn into one’s own mind, as the Kongōkai nenju shidai 金剛界念誦次第, said to be edited by Kōbōdaishi Kūkai 弘法大師空海, mentions “once you imagine drawing the character ‘a’ into your mind, let it emit light more and more” (既想入心中，字相逾光輝).
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