大般涅槃經集解 38.1

38.1

釋極愛一子地義　明佛不為眾生作煩惱因緣　明釋殺婆羅門以得一子地　明婆羅門入地獄發三念　明殺闡提無罪　出曠野鬼神緣起　發調達之迹　結修捨心果謂空平等地　廣釋十一空義

Explaining the meaning of the stage of supreme love for an only child; clarifying that the Buddha does not act as a cause or condition for the defilements of sentient beings; clarifying that Śākya killed a brāhmaṇa to attain the stage of the only child; clarifying that the brāhmaṇa entered hell and gave rise to three thoughts; clarifying that killing an icchantika incurs no sin; setting forth the origin of the wilderness spirit; revealing the traces of Devadatta; concluding the fruit of cultivating the mind of equanimity as the stage of empty equality; extensively explaining the meaning of the eleven emptinesses.