大般涅槃經集解 16.18

16.18

Sengliang comments: The intent of the answer is based on the difference between the persons for whom it was intended. The Hīnayāna takes purifying oneself and saving oneself as its basis; the Mahāyāna cherishes the salvation of living beings. They cannot be spoken of on the same day. Sengzong says: Regulating the small was as in the past; encouraging the great is as in the present. Opening and closing have their proper times; prohibiting and allowing are not fixed.