大般涅槃經義記 2.46

2.46

From the line "You should know that what was formerly cultivated..." onward is the third major section, which answers the monks' initial request above by teaching them to distinguish and select. Within it, [the text] first correctly teaches acceptance and rejection, dispelling their attached minds; from "The monks addressed the Buddha..." onward, it reconciles [the teachings] for them, dispelling their doubtful minds. The former has two parts: first, addressing the monks' praise above of their former cultivation of the perception of impermanence as superior, it uses principle to reprimand and strip away [their view]; second, from the spring season analogy onward, addressing the former monks' praise of their past understanding of the dharmas of impermanence, suffering, emptiness, and non-self as true, it teaches them to distinguish and select. In the first part, "You should know that the cultivated perceptions of impermanence and suffering are not genuine" correctly strips [their view] away using principle; perceptions such as non-self are also not genuine, but they are omitted and not cited in full.