大般涅槃經集解 5.102

5.102

Sengliang comments: The bird is an analogy for the Buddha; the immeasurable yojanas are an analogy for contemplating emptiness; the ocean is an analogy for saṃsāra; the turtles and fish are an analogy for the six destinies. Its own shadow is an analogy for the responsive body, clarifying that both emptiness and existence cease. "Ordinary mortals" refers to those who are completely bound. "Those of scant wisdom" refers to the two vehicles. Sengzong, recorded by Jingyi, comments: This is the eighth [section] of the request gate, brushing away the traces of the two great beings. Huilang, recounting Sengzong, comments: Here there are two analogies. First, it explains that the lower cannot reach the higher, using the analogy of the bird to clarify that the higher can know the lower; second, Mañjuśrī brushes away his own traces.