大般涅槃經義記 4.75

4.75

下次合之，依前五段次第以合：「菩薩如是出現於世說我真相」合上初段。「說已捨去」合第二段，「喻如」已下舉喻以帖。「凡夫」已下合第三段，「如彼貧」下舉喻以帖。「聲聞」已下合第四段，初先正合，「菩薩」已下舉本顯今，「是諸凡」下明今由昔。前正合中先合初問，「聲聞、緣覺」合上四王，「問生我相」合問刀相。次合前答，「如是生」下合王怪笑，呵其不知，先舉其法，下以喻帖。「菩薩如是說於我」等舉本顯今，由本菩薩宣說真我，故今凡夫種種說我。「是諸凡夫次第起見」明今由昔，由昔凡夫妄說有我相續至今，故今說我。「為斷」已下合第五段，初先正合，「喻如」已下舉喻以帖。

Next is the synthesis, which matches [the tenor and vehicle] sequentially according to the previous five sections: "The bodhisattva appears in the world like this and speaks of the true characteristic of the self" synthesizes the first section above. "Having spoken, he departs" synthesizes the second section; from "By analogy..." onward, an analogy is adduced to paste [the meaning] onto it. From "Ordinary people..." onward synthesizes the third section; from "Just like that poor [person]..." below, an analogy is adduced to paste [the meaning] onto it. From "The śrāvakas..." onward synthesizes the fourth section; first it directly synthesizes it, then from "The bodhisattva..." onward it adduces the origin to reveal the present, and from "These ordinary people..." below it explains that the present derives from the past. Within the preceding direct synthesis, it first synthesizes the initial question: "śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas" synthesizes the four kings above, and "asking about the characteristic of the born self" synthesizes asking about the characteristic of the sword. Next it synthesizes the earlier reply: from "Such a born [self]..." downward synthesizes the king's strange smile, scolding their lack of understanding, first adducing the teaching and then pasting the analogy below. "The bodhisattva spoke of the self in this manner" and so on adduces the origin to reveal the present: because the original bodhisattva expounded the true self, present ordinary people speak of the self in various ways. "These ordinary people successively give rise to views" explains that the present derives from the past: because past ordinary people falsely spoke of there being a self, this has continued uninterrupted down to the present, and thus they now speak of the self. From "In order to cut off..." downward synthesizes the fifth section; first it directly synthesizes it, and from "By analogy..." downward it adduces an analogy to paste [the meaning] onto it.