大般涅槃經集解 15.85

15.85

Sengliang comments: Having many burdens of defilement and a weak mind for the Great Vehicle is compared to the perilous difficulty. Compassion being scarce, he cannot propagate it widely, which is compared to cherishing the non-glutinous rice and not eating it for fear of exhaustion. Expounding only the Small Vehicle, whose nourishing benefit is minimal, is compared to eating only millet and barnyard grass. Sengzong says: The perilous difficulty of deep mountains illustrates that the path of widespread propagation is not without ways through, but is rugged and hard to enter. It is not that there are no Great Vehicle classics, but that they are kept secret and not transmitted, which is compared to greedily cherishing them and not eating them. Baoliang says: The leader who converts others via the Small Vehicle is compared to that king. Heavy obstacles of ignorance are compared to the deep mountains. Although there are Great Vehicle classics, their flavor is deep and abstruse and not understood by oneself, which is compared to being hard to obtain. Furthermore, fearing it might be inappropriate is compared to fearing that it would run out.