大般涅槃經集解 4.21

4.21

Daosheng notes: The suffering of hunger and thirst is an analogy for saṃsāra. If one can be free of it, that is metaphorically called food. What the donor seeks now is drawn by analogy to this. Sengliang notes: If the perfection of giving is necessarily accomplished, this then nourishes the future dharmakāya. Fayao says: The reality of permanence lies in the ultimate; that one is about to attain it depends on the Buddha; hence it says 'to obtain from the Tathāgata'. Sengzong says: He directs his aspiration toward the food of the Dharma of the Buddha's fruit of permanence, yet speaks of it covertly, not having explicitly disclosed it yet.