大般涅槃經集解 15.35

15.35

Sengliang notes: The meaning of the reply is that if it were a bodhisattva, it would not be otherwise. It is for the Śrāvakas that I speak of subduing Māra; because Śrāvakas have not practiced the Mahāyāna, they must rely on them. By relying on the four refuges, they attain the method to subdue Māra. Zhixiu says: The reply has two intentions; this is the first. Provisionally conceding it, he clarifies that if one can indeed subdue Māra, one can truly approach nirvāṇa.