大般涅槃經集解 55.40

55.40

Sengliang comments: The six questions and answers are the second approach of contemplation. Sengzong comments: From here down is the second turn. Baoliang comments: From here down is the second major section of Siṃhanāda. The above six questions and six answers have already established the nature of cause and fruit, causing beings to recognize cause and fruit and to cultivate virtues and accumulate karma. If they are not yet able to comprehend this profound principle and their faithful mind is not established, it exhorts them to base themselves on the response Buddha and rely on the cause and fruit of the teachings of the twelve divisions of the canon, generating faith through concrete matters. In all, five gates are opened; from here down is the first: contemplating the fruit.