[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大般涅槃經集解](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763) › 4.21 # 大般涅槃經集解 4.21 大般涅槃經集解 4.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.4.21) 案道生曰：飢渴之苦，譬之生死。苟能無之，義曰為食。今施者所求，取類云爾。僧亮曰：若檀度必成，是則長養將來法身也。法瑤曰：常住之實在方，將得之由佛，故云從如來求也。僧宗曰：標心佛果常住法食，且覆相說之，未灼然也。 > Daosheng notes: The suffering of hunger and thirst is an analogy for saṃsāra. If one can be free of it, that is metaphorically called food. What the donor seeks now is drawn by analogy to this. Sengliang notes: If the perfection of giving is necessarily accomplished, this then nourishes the future dharmakāya. Fayao says: The reality of permanence lies in the ultimate; that one is about to attain it depends on the Buddha; hence it says 'to obtain from the Tathāgata'. Sengzong says: He directs his aspiration toward the food of the Dharma of the Buddha's fruit of permanence, yet speaks of it covertly, not having explicitly disclosed it yet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.4.20) - [Next: 4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.4.22) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763~en-mt.4.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.4.21) · Pramāṇa