仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 2.511

2.511

The commentary explains: 'Like a mirage' clarifies this by pointing to an actual phenomenon. When the spring sun begins to shine, the vapor moves across the fields: if one considers it to truly exist, the closer one approaches, the more it disappears; if one considers it now to be nonexistent, it is capable of deceiving the thirsty. Therefore, the substance of conditioned phenomena is neither existent nor nonexistent; showing that they are unreal is like a mirage. Hereafter, the fifth part explains the designation of relativity. In this there are two parts: first, explaining the designation of comparative relativity; second, explaining the designation of formal relativity. First, the first explains the designation of comparative relativity.