大般涅槃經義記 3.4

3.4

Now in the first clause, it first lists its name: called "separated from bonds". Next it explains its characteristics: two metaphors and two correspondences, omitting a concluding passage. Next, "is none other than the Tathāgata": to set apart from the liberation of the two vehicles mentioned previously, it is therefore "none other than the Tathāgata", as in the text below it is also none other than nirvāṇa, space, buddha-nature, definitive bodhi, and all buddha-dharmas; taking that to analogize the rest, the rest are all likewise so, and cannot be tediously elaborated, so the preceding clauses solely state "is none other than the Tathāgata". From "Like spring" below reveals it once again, first with metaphor and later with correspondence; the rest can be known by analogy; it is called "severing all conditioned dharmas".