大般涅槃經集解 38.4

38.4

案僧亮曰：下以五譬釋此地名也。僧宗曰：第四結三無量果也。言極愛一子者，此是第七地也。言七地菩薩見眾生在苦，乃至血流灑地，此愛是深，於前為勝也。八地以上，一心具萬行，息空有二相，是故沒其愛，名受苦平等之稱也。此下有五譬：第一譬極愛，第二譬以下有四譬譬一子，明登地時平等之慈也。

Sengliang comments: Below, five similes are used to explain the name of this stage. Sengzong says: The fourth concludes the fruits of the three immeasurables. 'Supreme love for an only child' refers to the seventh stage. When it says that a bodhisattva of the seventh stage sees sentient beings in suffering, even to the point of blood flowing and sprinkling the ground, this love is profound and superior to what came before. From the eighth stage onward, one mind is endowed with the myriad practices, and the dual characteristics of emptiness and existence are pacified; therefore, the designation of 'love' is submerged, and it is called 'equality in suffering.' Below there are five similes: the first illustrates 'supreme love'; the four similes from the second onward illustrate 'the only child,' clarifying the equal benevolence upon ascending this stage.