大般涅槃經集解 53.1

53.1

Distinguishing faith; distinguishing the straightforward mind; distinguishing precepts; distinguishing good spiritual friends; distinguishing extensive learning; discussing the meaning of an icchantika possessing the buddhadhātu; explaining the name icchantika; explaining why bodhisattvas on the ninth bhūmi see phenomena as having a nature and therefore do not see the buddhadhātu; explaining that the Dharma Buddha has two kinds of exposition: first, having a nature, and second, having no nature—for the sake of sentient beings it is spoken of as dharmatā, while for the noble sages it is spoken of as having no dharmatā; distinguishing how the bodhisattva's absence of seeing is itself all phenomena; distinguishing the emptiness of mahānirvāṇa; citing the case of Ānanda not seeing emptiness; distinguishing the characteristics of faith and non-faith.