大般涅槃經集解 3.18

3.18

Sengzong states: "If one can exhaustively penetrate their intention, where does the difference between a sūtra and a dhāraṇī-spell ultimately lie? It is just that the minds of beings are difficult to lead by principle, but easily awed by power; dhāraṇī-spells are especially methods for halting heterodoxy. The demon has no Dharma with which to assist transformation, so he spoke a dhāraṇī-spell to propagate the Path." Huilang states: "This has three stages: first, it explains that the demon used supernatural power to grant the bliss of hell, prepared offerings, and came; second, here he speaks a dhāraṇī-spell to request seal of approval."