大般涅槃經集解 58.4

58.4

Sengliang remarks: "Sentient beings depend upon a place for outflows to be exhausted. From here down, he is about to explain the place for the sake of the path; hence he raises the question." Baoliang says: "The fourth part of cultivating the path: the text anchors it to places to clarify the path. The general idea has five causes and conditions: first, to benefit people extensively; second, to repay the past kindness of the place; third, to return to this place for correct reception; fourth, to fulfill his past vow; fifth, to pursue the non-Buddhists."