妙法蓮華經玄義 2.119
妙法蓮華經玄義 2.119
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2.119
不思議不生不滅十二因緣者,為利根人即事顯理也。《大經》云:「十二因緣名為佛性」者,無明、愛、取既是煩惱,煩惱道即是菩提。菩提通達無復煩惱,煩惱既無,即究竟淨,了因佛性也。行、有是業道,即是解脫,解脫自在,緣因佛性也。名色、老死是苦道,苦即法身。法身無苦、無樂,是名大樂。不生不死是常,正因佛性。故言無明與愛,是二中間,即是中道。無明是過去,愛是現在,若邊若中無非佛性、並是常樂我淨,無明不生亦復不滅。是名不思議不生不滅十二因緣也。
Regarding the inconceivable non-arising and non-ceasing of the twelve links of conditioned arising: this manifests the principle directly through phenomena for those of sharp capacity. The Great Sūtra states: "The twelve links of conditioned arising are called buddha-nature." Since ignorance, craving, and grasping are afflictions, the path of afflictions is itself bodhi. Bodhi is thoroughly penetrating and has no further afflictions; since afflictions are absent, this is ultimate purity, the revealing-cause buddha-nature. Activity and existence are the path of karma, which is itself liberation; liberation is sovereign mastery, the conditional-cause buddha-nature. Name-and-form and aging-and-death are the path of suffering; suffering is itself the dharma-kāya. The dharma-kāya has neither suffering nor pleasure, and this is called great bliss. Non-arising and non-dying are permanence, the direct-cause buddha-nature. Therefore it is said that between the two—ignorance and craving—is the Middle Way. Ignorance is the past, and craving is the present; whether extreme or middle, there is nothing that is not buddha-nature, and all are permanence, bliss, self, and purity. Ignorance does not arise, nor does it cease. This is called the twelve links of the inconceivable non-arising and non-ceasing of conditioned arising.
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