大般涅槃經集解 23.44

23.44

Sengliang comments: Above it was said that nirvāṇa can deliver from saṃsāra, whereas other sūtras cannot; this explains it. The Buddha's true body is real; nirvāṇa explains the real, and when one sees the real, saṃsāra is exhausted. The response body is not real; other sūtras take it as real, and because they do not see the real, saṃsāra is not exhausted. Fayao comments: The snake shedding its skin merely clarifies the single trace at the Twin Trees. Although manifesting the discarding of saṃsāra, the trace has no arising or ceasing, and the dharmakāya is eternally one. Sengzong comments: Answering the nineteenth question: earlier it was said that boarding the ship of nirvāṇa to ferry sentient beings across is truly without arising or ceasing. Beings doubted this because of the birth in the royal palace and the extinction at the Twin Trees, so this parable is used to dispel their obstruction.