大般涅槃經義記 10.3

10.3

From here below is the third [section], explaining the ordinary being who has faith in goodness and seeks renunciation. This has two meanings: first, encountering bad companions, he temporarily emerges and submerges again; second, encountering good companions, having emerged he immediately stays. In the text there are two parts: first, generally analyzing the person; second, from "this person does not possess such five..." onward, distinguishing according to this the two meanings of regressing and staying.