大般涅槃經集解 60.1

60.1

Still explaining śamatha and vipaśyanā; discerning the meaning of severing afflictions and revealing the two kinds of cessation, namely essential cessation and ultimate cessation; correlating the three empty samādhis with the marks of samādhi, prajñā, and upekṣā; clarifying the accomplishment of ten dharmas to see the signless nirvāṇa; discerning giving to beasts yielding a hundredfold retribution and giving to an icchantika yielding a thousandfold retribution; extensively discerning light and heavy karma, determinate and indeterminate karma, and determinate retribution with indeterminate timing; extensively discerning the bodhisattva's lack of karma in the three miserable paths while visibly receiving retribution; presenting the causal origins of Devadatta and the Buddha acting as merchant leaders; presenting the causal origins of King Kalābu executing the brāhmaṇa; explaining how the power of cultivating the Way transforms heavy karma into light karma.