大般涅槃經集解 66.74

66.74

Sengliang notes: "The grass is an analogy for the buddhadhātu of ordinary beings and sages; the cow is an analogy for the bodhisattva of the final existence. When the cow eats the grass, it turns into sarpirmaṇḍa, which is an analogy for seeing the nature in the final existence and immediately becoming a Buddha." Sengzong says: "Because there are present afflictions, they cannot behold it; how could one say it does not exist?"