大般涅槃經集解 71.64

71.64

Sengliang comments: There are two people for the propagation of the sūtra: from Hongguang above, what was retained, to Subhadra below, should be entrusted to Ānanda; the later text seems to be so. It may also be that the principle was entrusted to Hongguang, while the text was entrusted to Ānanda. Baoliang comments: From here on, it directly reveals the purpose of propagation. In asking where Ānanda is, there are three reasons: first, he wished to reveal that Ānanda has eight inconceivable virtues; second, for the propagation of the sūtra; third, for the sake of naming Subhadra.