法華玄論 2.78

2.78

Answer: The "Lifespan" chapter states: "By the power of skillful means, / I speak of extinction and non-extinction." How could it be the same as the two vehicles' reducing the body to ashes and extinguishing wisdom, speaking of it as fire extinguished when fuel is exhausted? Furthermore, when resonance is exhausted, response must necessarily cease; this is simply the nature of things. The *Great Sūtra* states: "Such is the nature of all buddhas, and conditioned phenomena are also thus."