大般涅槃經集解 19.82

19.82

Sengliang comments: Having taken refuge in the Three Jewels within one's future body, advancing practice toward the ultimate is called 'knowing the self'. 'What belongs to the self' means the Dharma and Saṅgha. These four are one in substance but different in meaning. The Buddha and the self are one in meaning but distinct in name. Baoliang says: 'Knowing the self' is my future nature. 'What belongs to the self' refers to the practices of the ten stages, which are what I ought to practice. If one can know in this way, one is already a person who has transcended the world.