大般涅槃經集解 9.30

9.30

Sengliang comments: Regarding obtaining immeasurable merit, it is first illustrated with events. ‘Wishing to destroy it’: if they do not repent, it will be destroyed; if they can repent, it will cease. That king obtained merit because of two matters: first, pitying the people; second, causing the evil to cultivate the wholesome. A monk who administers the Dharma does so, first, to protect the Dharma, and second, to cause them to cultivate the wholesome. Below, pruning trees and pulling out hairs are used as parables specifically for protecting the Dharma.