大般涅槃經集解 62.1

62.1

舉盲人說象譬　明佛性不即六法不離六法義　明佛性十二因緣信等　辨菩薩不退相日食一麻一豆等事　出菩薩以身施眾生發願事　出菩薩為眾生受苦不退事　出天海八種不思議譬

Raising the metaphor of the blind men describing the elephant; clarifying the meaning of buddhadhātu being neither identical to the six phenomena nor separate from the six phenomena; clarifying buddhadhātu, the twelve links of dependent origination, faith, and so forth; discerning the marks of a bodhisattva's non-retrogression, such matters as eating one hemp seed and one bean a day; setting forth the matter of a bodhisattva giving their body to sentient beings and making vows; setting forth the matter of a bodhisattva enduring suffering for sentient beings without retrogressing; setting forth the metaphor of the eight kinds of inconceivable qualities of the celestial ocean.