法華玄論 2.62

2.62

答：小乘不知煩惱及身本自不生今亦無滅，故見有煩惱生，今欲滅之，是生滅觀，故名為小。大乘人知煩惱本自不生今亦無滅，以無生滅觀，故名大涅槃也。

Answer: The Hīnayāna does not know that defilements and the body are fundamentally unarisen and now also without extinction; hence they see defilements arise and now wish to extinguish them. This is the contemplation of arising and extinction, and is therefore called lesser. Mahāyāna practitioners know that defilements are fundamentally unarisen and now also without extinction; because it is the contemplation of non-arising and non-extinction, it is called the great nirvāṇa.