大般涅槃經集解 13.38

13.38

Baoliang notes: According to the text below, nirvāṇa can serve as the locus of causes and conditions of vimokṣa for all sentient beings. Sentient beings of Jambudvīpa are of two kinds: first, those with faith; second, those without faith. Explaining those with faith has two interpretations: first, from the Buddha's appearance in the world, those who cultivate according to the teaching and establish faith as the foremost faculty are all called 'already cured'; from before its establishment down to those whose faith is unfixed and who do not avoid being icchantikas, they are bundled together as people without faith. Second, those who encounter the Buddha and can give rise to a single thought of goodness or more, up to establishing faith as the foremost faculty, are all called 'already cured'; those who cannot give rise to a single thought of goodness are all considered without faith.