大般涅槃經集解 7.104

7.104

Sengliang comments: This is the third parable. He caused people to recognize the deviant, and only then revealed the correct. Bathing, receiving massage, taking grass and going to the tree, he then entered meditative concentration, subdued Māra, and attained Buddhahood. Calming the body and obtaining concentration at that time is compared to governing the country. Wisdom's ability to sever fetters is compared to curing illness. Fayao says: All the preceding concerned events before attaining Buddhahood; from this point on, it is a metaphor for events after attaining Buddhahood. Supernatural powers and the like are the arts and skills; the three refuges and five precepts are the formulas and medicines. Using the precepts to prohibit wrongdoing and concentration to quiet disorder constitutes governing the country. Sengzong says: Explaining the faults and perils of saṃsāra to make them turn away from it serves as the medical formulas. Causing them to cultivate morality and concentration serves as the arts. Using the five precepts and ten good deeds to be born in a pure land is governing the country. Using impurity to stop greed, loving-kindness and compassion to stop anger, and conditioned arising to stop delusion is curing illness. Once the Buddha-way was achieved, deviant thoughts were extinguished, which is compared to driving him out.