大般涅槃經義記 4.134

4.134

自下第三就上初段明經令人發心之相。迦葉先問「云何未發作菩提因」。下佛為辨，於中文別六句三對：一明人違經，「言我不用發菩提心，誹謗正法」，二「是人」下明經益人，令於現在夢覩羅剎發菩提心，後生餘道續復憶念，良以是中不信為過，是故夢覩羅剎怖之，下明經法為良醫中行犯為失，是故令其夢墮地獄，此是初對；三「當知」下明前被怖發心之人是大非小，善趣中極故言是大摩訶薩也，四「以是義」下結明經力益人之義，此第二對；五「是名菩薩發心因」下結明菩薩發心所由，六「以是義」下結嘆經法，是真非偽以能益人，故知是經真佛所說，此第三對。

From here down is the third section, which explains the characteristics of the sūtra causing people to generate the resolve based on the first segment above. Kāśyapa first asks: "How does one who has not yet generated [the resolve] make a cause for bodhi?" Below, the Buddha analyzes it for him. Within this, the text is divided into six clauses forming three pairs: First, explaining a person who opposes the sūtra, saying, "I have no need to generate the bodhi mind; and slandering the true Dharma"; second, from "this person" onward, explaining that the sūtra benefits the person by causing them in the present to see a rākṣasa in a dream and generate the bodhi mind, and after being born in other destinies, to continue to remember it; indeed, because lack of faith is a fault here, they are frightened by seeing a rākṣasa in a dream, just as below it explains that in the context of the Dharma as a skilled physician, committing an offense is a fault, so it causes them to dream of falling into hell—this is the first pair. Third, from "You should know" onward, it explains that the person frightened into generating the resolve previously is great, not small; reaching the utmost within the good destinies, they are therefore called a great mahāsattva; fourth, from "For this reason" onward, it concludes by explaining the meaning of the power of the sūtra benefiting people—this is the second pair. Fifth, from "This is called the cause for a bodhisattva's generating the resolve" onward, it concludes by explaining that from which a bodhisattva's generating the resolve arises; sixth, from "For this reason" onward, it concludes by praising the Dharma of the sūtra as true and not false because it can benefit people, whereby we know this sūtra is truly spoken by the Buddha—this is the third pair.