大般涅槃經義記 4.301

4.301

三「何以」下廣顯前偈非一切義。言「何以故」徵前起後，我以何故言非一切。下對顯之，先明偈中「非一切生皆依食存」，句別有三：一總明如來及聖弟子悉皆不食。問曰：羅漢、辟支佛人云何不食？釋言：此等現在報身是其凡夫分段業果，猶須食資，度此身後；未來所受變易之報更不須食。又，阿羅漢有實、有化，實者須食，化則不須，故下文言「我諸弟子不可思議，故不須食。」二「若言」下別明如來身無羸瘦，得金剛身，故無所食。三「我弟子」下別明弟子不可思議，故無所食。下次明其「非一切大力，心無嫉妬」，先牒偈文明其有餘，「如世人」下反以顯之。無嫉妬人不妨無力，大力之人何妨有妬？次明偈中「非一切因食而得病苦」，先牒偈文明其有餘，「亦見有」下即事顯之。下明偈中「非一切淨行悉受安樂」，先牒偈文明其有餘，「世間亦」下即事顯之。「以是義」下總結前偈悉是有餘。此第三竟。

Third, from "Why" onward, he extensively reveals that the previous verse did not mean "all." The words "Why is that?" challenge what came before to introduce what follows: for what reason do I say it does not apply to all? Below, he reveals it by contrast. First, he clarifies that in the verse, "it is not that all living beings depend on food to survive." There are three distinct phrases: First, he broadly clarifies that the Tathāgata and the noble disciples all do not eat. Question: How is it that arhats and pratyekabuddhas do not eat? Explanation: Their present retribution bodies are the karmic fruits of ordinary persons' fragmented [birth and death] and still require the sustenance of food; after crossing beyond this body, the retribution of transformation that they will receive in the future will no longer require food. Furthermore, arhats include both the actual and the transformed: the actual require food, while the transformed do not; therefore, the text below states: "My disciples are inconceivable; therefore they do not require food." Second, from "If it is said" onward, he specifically clarifies that the Tathāgata's body has no emaciation, having attained a vajra body, and therefore consumes nothing. Third, from "My disciples" onward, he specifically clarifies that the disciples are inconceivable and therefore do not require food. Next, he clarifies that "it is not that all who possess great power have minds free from jealousy": first he quotes the verse text to clarify that it is non-exhaustive, and from "Like worldly people" onward, he reveals this by the reverse: a person free from jealousy may well lack power, and how could a person of great power be hindered from having jealousy? Next, he clarifies that in the verse, "it is not that all, because of food, incur the suffering of sickness": first he quotes the verse text to clarify that it is non-exhaustive, and from "One also sees" onward, he reveals it through actual facts. Below, he clarifies that in the verse, "it is not that all pure practices result in receiving ease and joy": first he quotes the verse text to clarify that it is non-exhaustive, and from "In the world there are also" onward, he reveals it through actual facts. From "For this reason" onward, he brings it to a general conclusion that the previous verse is entirely non-exhaustive. This third part is now concluded.