大般涅槃經集解 47.36

47.36

Sengliang comments: The twenty-five leagues illustrate the two realms, using restraint of appearances as an analogy. The king illustrates the Buddha; the single minister illustrates the bodhisattva; the bowl of oil illustrates mindfulness and wisdom. 'Severing your life' means that because of losing mindfulness and wisdom, the life of wisdom is severed. The single person with a drawn sword illustrates diligence. Seeing purity and not giving rise to the characteristic of form, down to consciousness being likewise: this clarifies the ultimate and conventional truths. Contemplating the ultimate, there is no form; contemplating the conventional, one sees suffering. Not making the characteristic of arising, down to not making the characteristic of causes: arising and ceasing are the suffering of conditioned existence; causes are the accumulation. In explaining the ultimate, there is not even suffering and accumulation, let alone the contemplation of pure form. Regarding 'the composite characteristic,' it explains the conventional composite as being suffering and accumulation.