涅槃經遊意 1.6

1.6

但開此經，初形勢非一，或明開路義，如國家域有梗礙，偏隅未賓，開疆祐出，先須斫伐，然後方得行師。今亦爾，為從來舊執擁塞正道故，須破洗然，後乃得講經。開路義，別有科目，待餘暇矣。又或明舍那、釋迦二佛教門差別不同，或辨因果人法十雙相對，並置而不論。

Yet at the beginning of opening this scripture, the circumstances were not single. Some clarified the meaning of "opening a path": just as when a state has obstacles within its territory or remote corners that have not submitted, in opening up frontiers and sending forth aid one must first fell [trees] and clear [the way], and only then can the army advance. Now it is also like this: because longstanding attachments from the past have blocked the correct path, one must demolish and wash them away, and only then can one lecture on the scripture. The meaning of opening a path has a separate outline, which will await another occasion. Furthermore, some clarify that the teachings of the two Buddhas, Rocana and Śākyamuni, are distinct and not the same; or they distinguish the ten pairs of opposites between cause and effect, person and dharma. All of these are set aside without discussion.