大般涅槃經集解 19.6

19.6

Sengliang comments: The medicine compares to the buddhadhātu; sweet compares to permanence and bliss. Sengzong comments: Seeing the buddhadhātu cures the sickness of birth and death, which is compared to the medicine. As for 'flavor of bliss,' the substance of flavor is not bliss, but it can generate bliss in people; the buddhadhātu is not bliss, but one who accords with it transcends suffering, hence it is compared to the flavor of bliss. As for 'extremely sweet,' sweet flavor is craved by people; the principle of the buddhadhātu is relished by conscious beings, so it is compared to sweet flavor. Zhixiu comments: 'Single flavor' means that the principle of the buddhadhātu has no difference between arising and ceasing.