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說無垢稱經疏 4.65

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4.65

Commentary: Second, reproaching it as coarse speech, ordering him to cease speaking and return to the monastery, which is termed 'silently return to your dwelling'. Saying that the Buddha has an illness is excessively painful and piercing, hence it is called 'coarse speech'. 'Do not let different people hear this coarse speech' is the general statement. Below explains it specifically. What is meant by 'different people'? Those of great majestic devas refers to the devas possessing great supernormal powers and virtue in the realms of desire and form. Bodhisattvas from other realms all see the saṃbhogakāya and have never heard of illness; hearing now of the Buddha's illness, it would be extremely astonishing and dubious. Hence it is called 'coarse speech'.

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