妙法蓮華經文句 1.95

1.95

‘All outflows being already exhausted, with no further afflictions’: these two phrases praise the above ‘slayer of foes.’ ‘Outflows’ refers to the three outflows. The Tattvasiddhi-śāstra says: ‘Losing the Way is therefore called outflowing.’ The Vinaya says: ‘A foolish person commits karma, opening all doors of outflow.’ The Abhidharma says: ‘Outflowing and falling into birth and death.’ The treatises and vinaya differ in phrasing but identically clarify the meaning of outflows. Truly, because the foe deceives them, they lose the treasure of principle; being impoverished, destitute, and exposed, they commit various evil karmas and incur the suffering of birth and death, losing the Dharma-body, forfeiting the life of wisdom, and perishing the precious treasure—all of which are the meaning of ‘foe.’ One should not consider this a virtue praising the meaning of ‘unborn.’ ‘Afflictions’ refers to the ninety-eight latent proclivities, flows, bonds, entanglements, hindrances, and so on, which torment practitioners. Affliction is that which can moisten [karma], and outflow karma is that which is moistened; when both that which can moisten and that which is moistened are exhausted, this is precisely the meaning of ‘slayer of foes.’ How could it be taken as praising ‘unborn’?