觀音義疏 1.34

1.34

Answer: The preceding compassion has already completely removed suffering; the subsequent merely bestows joy, and there is no suffering to be removed, so why speak of a small portion? Someone explains the seven disasters as two pairs and one single: fire and water lack consciousness, forming one pair; ghosts are a different species, forming one single; kings and bandits are of the same species, forming one pair; ghosts are divided into leaving and coming, while kings are discussed in terms of light and heavy; thus they form the seven disasters.