大般涅槃經義記 8.44

8.44

Below, he explains the phrasing of the objections. What is the purport of the explanation? Just as an intermediate person can generate the resolve if they encounter a friend and hear the Dharma, but cannot generate it if they do not encounter [a friend] and do not hear [the Dharma], it is for this person that I speak of praising the buddha-nature to cause them to generate the resolve, not for the superior or inferior. In the text there are four parts: first, explaining and resolving the three metaphors; second, revealing the Dharma based on [them]; third, from 'The icchantika also attains' downward, resolving the phrasing of the objections; fourth, concluding his own necessity to praise.