大般涅槃經集解 45.45

45.45

Sengliang notes: Because the light was to corroborate what the Buddha said, he could not answer. Baoliang says: Because the doubts of the assembly at the time had not yet been removed, the Buddha did not answer. Since the grasping minds of sentient beings were heavy, if he answered directly with the principle, it would not necessarily be useful to their minds; hence he used an event to move their feelings.