大般涅槃經義記 3.79

3.79

下一問答對興辨癈，就彼癈時明依弘化。迦葉先問，問有二句：一舉法滅時、二「誰能」已下問弘護人。前舉滅中，准下有六：一正法滅時、二正戒毀時、三非法盛時、四增破戒時、五一切聖人隱不現時、六畜一切不淨物時。今但有五，後一略無。六中，前四就法辨時：正法滅者，經法滅時；正戒毀者，律法毀時；言「非法」者，下文名為非法盛時，對前法滅；言「增長」者，下文名為增長破戒，對前毀戒。後之兩句就人辨時：「無如法眾生」，下文名為一切聖人隱不現時，此明無善；「畜不淨物」明其有惡。

The next question and answer clarifies decline in contrast to flourishing, explaining reliance on [persons] to propagate and transform with respect to that time of decline. Kāśyapa first asks, his question having two clauses: first, adducing the time when the Dharma is extinguished; second, from "who will be able to" downward asking about the persons who propagate and protect it. In the prior [clause] adducing the extinction, according to the text below there are six: first, when the True Dharma is extinguished; second, when the correct precepts are destroyed; third, when what is non-Dharma is rampant; fourth, when breaking the precepts increases; fifth, when all noble persons are concealed and do not appear; sixth, when all kinds of impure things are kept. Here there are only five, the latter one being omitted. Among the six, the first four clarify the time in terms of the Dharma: "when the True Dharma is extinguished" refers to the time when the sūtra teachings are extinguished; "when the correct precepts are destroyed" refers to the time when the vinaya rules are destroyed; as for "non-Dharma," the text below calls it the time when what is non-Dharma is rampant, in contrast to the prior extinction of the Dharma; as for "increasing," the text below calls it increasing the breaking of precepts, in contrast to the prior destruction of precepts. The latter two clauses clarify the time in terms of persons: "sentient beings who do not act in accordance with the Dharma," which the text below calls the time when all noble persons are concealed and do not appear, explains the absence of good; "keeping impure things" explains the presence of evil.