大般涅槃經集解 13.38

13.38

案寶亮曰：若依如下文，涅槃能為一切眾生作解脫因緣處也。閻浮提眾生有二種：一者有信、二者無信。釋有信者，有二種釋：一謂從佛出世，有隨教修行，得信首根立者，悉名治已；自未立已還，有信未定，不免闡提，故束為無信人也。二者值佛，能生一念善已上，乃至信首根立，悉名治已；若不能生一念善者，並為無信也。

Baoliang notes: According to the text below, nirvāṇa can serve as the locus of causes and conditions of vimokṣa for all sentient beings. Sentient beings of Jambudvīpa are of two kinds: first, those with faith; second, those without faith. Explaining those with faith has two interpretations: first, from the Buddha's appearance in the world, those who cultivate according to the teaching and establish faith as the foremost faculty are all called 'already cured'; from before its establishment down to those whose faith is unfixed and who do not avoid being icchantikas, they are bundled together as people without faith. Second, those who encounter the Buddha and can give rise to a single thought of goodness or more, up to establishing faith as the foremost faculty, are all called 'already cured'; those who cannot give rise to a single thought of goodness are all considered without faith.