大般涅槃經義記 7.131

7.131

第二菩薩修道斷中，文別有三：一明護根、二「有念慧故不見我」下明其離塵、三「菩薩爾時五根淨」下總結彰益。初中有四：一善護根；二「怖畏」下明護根所為，為畏煩惱、為得諸善；三「若能」下明護有宜，若能護根則能攝心，若能攝心則能護根，於中初法，次喻，後合；四「若得聞」下修治護根，先修念慧為護根法，聞經得智是修慧也，「則得專念」是修念也。下明護根，初法，次喻，下合可知。

Second, in the bodhisattva's cultivation of the path to sever them, the text specifically has three parts: 1. clarifying guarding the faculties; 2. from "having mindfulness and wisdom, he therefore does not see a self" downward, clarifying his departure from dust; 3. from "The bodhisattva at that time has the five faculties purified" downward, concluding generally and revealing the benefits. In the first part there are four: 1. properly guarding the faculties; 2. from "fearing" downward clarifies the purpose of guarding the faculties: out of fear of afflictions and in order to attain all wholesome [qualities]; 3. from "if one can" downward clarifies the appropriateness of guarding: if one can guard the faculties, one can then collect the mind, and if one can collect the mind, one can then guard the faculties—in which first is the dharma, next the simile, and later the application; 4. from "if one attains hearing" downward, cultivation to guard the faculties: first cultivating mindfulness and wisdom as the method for guarding the faculties—hearing the sūtras and attaining wisdom is the cultivation of wisdom; "then attains single-minded recollection" is the cultivation of mindfulness. Below, it clarifies guarding the faculties: first the dharma, next the simile, and the application below can be understood.