大般涅槃經義記 6.211

6.211

上來歎勝，自下第二辯經興廢，令人護持。文別有五：一明《涅槃經》興廢所由，令人護持；二「我親從佛聞是義」下明《涅槃經》常在不滅，令人敬學；三「若佛初出來有弟子解深義」下汎明餘經興廢所由，令人護持；四「我法滅時，聲聞弟子或說有神、或說神空」下汎明餘經常在不滅，令人敬學；五「爾時大眾聞是語已啼即止」下明諸大眾聞法不滅，發心修學。

The above praised excellence; from below is the second part, explaining the flourishing and decline of the sūtra to lead people to protect and uphold it. In the text there are distinctively five parts: first, clarifying the causes of the flourishing and decline of the Nirvāṇa Sūtra to lead people to protect and uphold it; second, from "I personally heard this meaning from the Buddha" downward, clarifying that the Nirvāṇa Sūtra is constantly present and never perishes, to lead people to revere and study it; third, from "If when the Buddha first emerged there were disciples who understood the profound meaning" downward, generally clarifying the causes of the flourishing and decline of other sūtras to lead people to protect and uphold them; fourth, from "When my Dharma perishes, śrāvaka disciples will say either that there is a spirit or that the spirit is empty" downward, generally clarifying that other sūtras are constantly present and never perish, to lead people to revere and study them; fifth, from "At that time, when the great assembly heard these words, they immediately stopped weeping" downward, clarifying that all in the great assembly, hearing that the Dharma does not perish, generated the mind to cultivate and study it.