大般涅槃經集解 15.117

15.117

案僧亮曰：第五辨信不信相，明信四依者得、不信者失。此先明不信者相也。僧宗曰：勸信之意，以聞經之緣其力不淺，豈得不生深信耶？寶亮曰：此下有七重。第一明涅槃後有不信者之過；第二明信者必能滅惡；第三廣顯謗法之殃；第四出敬信經者現報；第五明謗法之罪，於《涅槃經》而悔，其過必滅，亦可成前第二信法人也；第六始出家譬，為信法人作喻也；第七明本無好意而學大乘者，或有見他得利養故讀、或貪名譽故看，雖爾，但眾生神明，後自覺知經力之深。此即第一重。

Sengliang comments: The fifth section distinguishes the marks of faith and lack of faith, explaining that those who believe in the four reliances gain and those who do not believe lose. This first explains the marks of those who do not believe. Sengzong says: The intention of encouraging faith is that since the conditions of hearing the sūtra have no shallow power, how could one fail to produce deep faith? Baoliang says: Below this there are seven layers. First, explaining the faults of those who do not believe after the nirvāṇa. Second, explaining that those who believe will surely be able to eradicate evil. Third, broadly revealing the calamities of slandering the Dharma. Fourth, presenting the present retributions of those who reverently believe in the sūtra. Fifth, explaining that the sin of slandering the Dharma, if repented before the Nirvāṇa Sūtra, will surely have its faults eradicated, and can also complete the previous second type of person who has faith in the Dharma. Sixth, the metaphor of newly leaving the household, serving as an analogy for the person who has faith in the Dharma. Seventh, explaining those who study the Mahāyāna with no good intentions originally: some read it because they see others gaining offerings, or study it out of greed for fame; nevertheless, since sentient beings possess conscious spirit, they will later realize for themselves the depth of the sūtra's power. This is the first layer.