大般涅槃經集解 22.56

22.56

Sengliang notes: He cites the past verse about committing transgressions and being able to repent to prove that those of the four major offenses can be transformed. Above he spoke of generating the resolve; now he speaks of eliminating evil. Sengzong says: This answers how one attains fearlessness before the great assembly. It says that relying on the sūtra to repent and reform, broadly cultivating all goods, the multitude of evils is extinguished, like a king's level and smooth road. Baoliang says: This second verse precisely clarifies having no fear before the assembly at the time of evil—speaking of those who were originally evil, but now rely on the sūtra to repent and reform.