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大般涅槃經義記 2.162

大般涅槃經義記 2.162

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Classical Chinese

2.162

上來第一當時善授,自下第二明後善付。於中有三:一明大乘應付菩薩,不付聲聞;二「何以」下釋菩薩知常,二乘弟子謂佛滅故;三「以是義」下總以結嘆。初中,如來先教女人行驅惡子,寶示善子。「女人白」下印可佛語。「姊」下如來約之顯化。「我涅槃時」合前女人欲至他處,「無上佛法不與聲聞」合驅惡子,「如汝」下帖要,「當付」下合付善子,「如汝」下帖。

The above was the first [part], skillful imparting at that time; from here below is the second, explaining skillful entrusting at a later time. Within this there are three parts: first, explaining that the Mahāyāna should be entrusted to bodhisattvas and not entrusted to śrāvakas; second, from "Why?" onward, explaining that bodhisattvas know permanence, whereas disciples of the two vehicles think the Buddha enters extinction; third, from "For this reason" onward, a general concluding praise. In the first part, the Tathāgata first instructs the woman in practice to drive out the bad child and show her treasures to the good child. From "The woman said" onward is her endorsement of the Buddha's words. From "Sister" onward, the Tathāgata refers to it to reveal the transformation. "When I enter nirvāṇa" matches the previous woman's wishing to go to another place; "the unsurpassed Buddha-Dharma will not be given to śrāvakas" matches driving out the bad child; from "just as you" onward correlates the essentials; from "should entrust" onward matches entrusting to the good child; from "just as you" onward makes the correlation.

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