大般涅槃經義記 1.152

1.152

下佛釋難，與問不次，初先就身釋成無差、第二就因、第三就人、第四就田、第五就緣。身是德體，故先就之；身必有本，故次就因；身能成人，故次就人；身能受供，故次就田；身有假待，故次就緣。就此五中例應有三：一彰昔同今、二明今同昔、三結成無差。然今文中有無不等，就初身中但有前一，無後兩句，文顯可知。

Below, the Buddha resolves the objections, not following the order of the questions: first, resolving [the objection] with respect to the body to establish "no difference"; second, with respect to the cause; third, with respect to the person; fourth, with respect to the field; and fifth, with respect to conditions. The body is the entity of virtues, and therefore he deals with it first; the body must have an origin, and therefore next he deals with the cause; the body can accomplish the person, and therefore next he deals with the person; the body can receive offerings, and therefore next he deals with the field; the body has provisional dependence, and therefore next he deals with conditions. Among these five, by rule there should be three [parts]: first, revealing that the past was identical with the present; second, clarifying that the present is identical with the past; and third, concluding by establishing "no difference." However, the present text has them irregularly; regarding the first, the body, it has only the first, lacking the latter two clauses; the text is clear and can be known.