大般涅槃經集解 8.82

8.82

Sengzong states: The previous passage clarified that the benefit of the fruit does not reside in a single Buddha; now, with reference to Śākyamuni, it explains extinguishing and non-extinguishing, which is the meaning of boarding the vessel of nirvāṇa to ferry sentient beings across. In the text below, by emitting light to urge Cunda's offering, he speaks thirteen gāthās to extensively clarify non-extinction. Zhixiu states: In this twenty-eighth question, anticipating that the great assembly would see the Buddha receiving food and assume he must actually die, he questions the meaning of whether the manifested trace is extinguished or not extinguished.