Apart from the very last phrase, these words might almost apply to the sages of Confucianism and Taoism. Clearly the main feature differentiating the Buddhist saints is their freedom from birth and death, outside the cycle of existence.
除了末句「存亡自在」，前者幾乎與儒家、道家的聖人標準相同，因此可知佛家與儒、道聖人最大的不同，便是要無生無死，出離輪迴。