大般涅槃經集解 2.87

2.87

Sengzong comments: Regarding the two ordained assemblies, provisional and real are difficult to discern. Now, in singling out those among the assembly of nuns who are bodhisattvas, one can infer that it must also be so among the assembly of monks. Baoliang says: Previously, it listed real understanding of the six practices, fulfilling the meaning of 'true sons'; here it specifically points to the assembly of nuns. There were also those originally bodhisattvas of the eighth stage and above. Huilang says: Here provisional virtues are praised. The initial 'all outflows having been quantified' is a general line. Mingjun notes: In the previous praise of the monks, it concluded at the end with 'attaining their own welfare'. In the praise at the beginning here, there is 'all outflows having been exhausted'. These two are mutually missing from each other; it is merely that the transmitter of the sūtra made an omission, but the intent remains preserved.