大般涅槃經集解 5.22

English (machine translation) 5.22

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5.22

Sengzong states: This uses the inferior to compare with the superior. If the lifespan in the sphere of neither-perception-nor-non-perception is eighty thousand kalpas, how much more so that of the Tathāgata?
Huilang's distinct commentary states: This is the second Dharma exposition, meaning that if he were identical to conditioned phenomena, he would have been prolonged in the past and shortened now. Why? The Buddha previously descended from the heavens; how could he, upon briefly being in the human realm, lose his heavenly lifespan?

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