大般涅槃經集解 8.48

8.48

Sengzong states: Above, the objective sphere was presented to accomplish wisdom; here, delusion is set forth to delineate understanding. Why so? Understanding and delusion derive from teachings: since the past teachings were partial, understanding was also inverted. If understanding was inverted, how could it be fully endowed with proper goodness? Furthermore, since the expounding of truths is different, inversions should also differ; their purports are interrelated, and therefore this is clarified again. Baoliang states: These two questions ask whether the principle clarified under the teachings is true or false. The four truths clarify the true, and the four inversions clarify the false, wishing to make practitioners recognize what is right and wrong. If one's words accord with the four truths, they are necessarily the four inversions; if one's words accord with the eight inversions, that is Māra. Zhixiu states: This tenth question concerns reversing the marks of the principle.