大般涅槃經義記 10.154

10.154

次明死想。於中初先結前生後、次辨、後結。辨中，初先正修死想，「我今設得七日」已下勵意修道。前中有二：一觀念無常，先法、次喻；「迦葉言」下，問答辨相。二「智者觀命繫屬死」下觀分段無常，於中初先觀命屬死，「智復觀命如河岸」下觀死壞命，先舉六喻，後合可知。下以死想勵意修道。

Next is the explanation of the notion of death. Therein, first he connects the preceding and introduces what follows, next explains, and finally concludes. In the explanation, first he directly cultivates the notion of death; from "If I were now to obtain seven days..." downward, he rouses his intention to cultivate the Path. In the former there are two: First, mindfully contemplating impermanence; first the doctrine, next an analogy; from "Kāśyapa said" downward, the questions and answers distinguish its characteristics. Second, from "The wise person contemplates life as bound to death" downward is the contemplation of the impermanence of mortal existence (pariccheda); therein, first he contemplates life as belonging to death; from "The wise person again contemplates life as like a riverbank" downward contemplates death destroying life; first raising six analogies, and the subsequent application can be understood. Below, with the notion of death, he rouses his intention to cultivate the Path.