大般涅槃經義記 7.192

7.192

下佛先嘆，後正答之。答中，初先分小異大，「大名不可思議」已下釋大異小。前中有四：一立喻以分、二約喻顯法、三釋前法、四解前喻。初列十喻是第一段；「涅槃亦爾，有涅槃、大涅槃」是第二段；「云何」已下是第三段，於中初先明小異大，「常樂我淨乃名大」下彰大異小。前中初問云何涅槃，下對釋之。釋中，初明欲界涅槃是小非大，「若凡夫」下明凡二乘斷結涅槃是小非大。

Below, the Buddha first praises him, and afterwards directly answers him. Within the answer, first he distinguishes the small as different from the great; from "'Great' means inconceivable" downward, he explains the great as different from the small. In the former there are four: 1. establishing parables to distinguish them; 2. revealing the Dharma with reference to the parables; 3. explaining the aforementioned Dharma; 4. unpacking the aforementioned parables. First, listing the ten parables is the first section; "Nirvāṇa is also like this: there is nirvāṇa and great nirvāṇa" is the second section; from "How..." downward is the third section, wherein first he clarifies the small as different from the great; from "Only permanence, bliss, self, and purity are called great" downward reveals the great as different from the small. In the former, it first asks what nirvāṇa is, and below explains it in response. Within the explanation, it first clarifies that the nirvāṇa of the desire realm is small and not great; from "If ordinary persons..." downward clarifies that the nirvāṇa of severing fetters by ordinary persons and [followers of] the two vehicles is small and not great.