Just as ordinary people stop all their worldly activities at night and start their work only when the sun rises, the masses can learn the correct teachings in broad daylight only when they have learned the eternal truths revealed in this great Nirvana Sutra at night after studying various sutras and practicing meditation.
復、次に善男子、譬えば夜闇に閻浮提の人、一切の家業（けごう）は皆悉く休廃（くはい）し、日光出で已（おわ）って、其の諸の人民、家事（けじ）を修めることを得るが如し。是の如く、衆生、諸の契経及び諸の三昧を聞いて、猶夜闇に此の大乗の般泥洹経の微密の教えを聞くが如し。猶日出でて諸の正法を見るが如し。