大般涅槃經義記 8.329

8.329

「須陀洹陰於此滅」下，却答初難。先答初中須陀洹陰於此處滅不至惡國，明後所受猶故，是其須陀洹陰，非全不至。文中，初法、次喻、後合。「譬如人」下，答初難中修道亦爾不至惡國，明後還得非全不至。初先立喻，「如人巨富」喻須陀洹現備聖德。「唯有一子」喻須陀洹現在造作次生之業。「先已終沒」喻彼生業起已謝往。「其子有子在他土」者，彼業所生未來之果，名子有子。果起在當，名在他土。「其人終已」喻須陀洹現報遷滅。「孫聞是已收其產業」喻須陀洹無道身中起無漏得，得彼過去所修聖道。所得聖道過修非今，名「知財貨」。非其所作得之無障，名為「收取無遮護者」。「何以」下釋，相續□□名為「姓一」。下合可知。

From "The aggregates of a srotāpanna perish here" downward, [the Buddha] turns back to answer the first difficulty. He first answers the point in the first [difficulty] that the aggregates of a srotāpanna perish here and do not reach an evil country, clarifying that what is subsequently received is still the aggregates of a srotāpanna and does not completely fail to reach it. In the text, first is the doctrine, next the analogy, and finally the application. From "Suppose there is a person" downward, he answers the point in the first difficulty that cultivating the Path likewise does not reach an evil country, clarifying that it is regained later and does not completely fail to reach it. First, an analogy is established: "Suppose a person is immensely wealthy" is an analogy for the srotāpanna possessing noble virtues in the present. "He has only one son" is an analogy for the srotāpanna currently creating karma for the next birth. "[The son] has already died earlier" is an analogy for the karma of that birth having arisen and already passed away. "That son has a son in another land": the future fruit produced by that karma is called the son having a son. Because the fruit will arise in the future, it is said to be "in another land." "That person dies" is an analogy for the passing away of the srotāpanna's present retribution. "The grandson hears of this and takes over his estate" is an analogy for the unoutflowing attainment arising in the srotāpanna's Pathless body, obtaining the noble Path cultivated in the past. Because the noble Path attained was cultivated in the past and not now, it is called "knowing the wealth and goods." Because it was not created by him and its attainment is unobstructed, it is called "taking it without anyone preventing or protecting it." The explanation below beginning with "Why?": the continuum [...] is called "the clan being one." The matching explanation below can be understood.