大般涅槃經義記 6.212

6.212

初中，迦葉先請起發，「無上佛法幾時而住」請問興時，「幾時而滅」請問廢時。下佛為辯，先明興時，「若《大涅槃》有是五行，聖梵天」等修行故興，「有能受」等傳教故興，先自讀誦，後令他敬，「爾時」下結。下明其廢，「我諸弟子犯戒、造惡」無行故廢，「不能敬」等輕教故廢，先自不敬，後令他輕，「當知」下結。

In the first part, Kāśyapa first makes a request to initiate the dialogue: "How long will the unexcelled Buddhadharma abide?" asks about the time of flourishing; "How long until it perishes?" asks about the time of decline. Below, the Buddha explains for him. First, he clarifies the time of flourishing: "If in the Mahāparinirvāṇa there are these five practices—holy, brahma, divine," and so on, it flourishes because they cultivate them; "if there are those able to receive," and so on, it flourishes because they transmit the teachings: first reading and reciting it oneself, and afterward causing others to revere it. The conclusion begins with "At that time." Below, he clarifies its decline: "My disciples break the precepts and commit evil," meaning it declines because of the absence of practice; "cannot revere," and so on, meaning it declines because of slighting the teachings: first not revering it oneself, and afterward causing others to slight it. The conclusion begins with "One should know."