大般涅槃經集解 46.60

46.60

案道生曰：復有生不生，今離之亦不可也。僧亮曰：離法之外別有生相者，亦不可定說也。僧宗曰：不復遣惑，此別遣生體耳。借生遣不生，豈有生之可得耶？寶亮曰：前四句遣一執，不可謂有定性。今第五第六兩句直遣生相，不可謂離法之外別有一生相者也。

Daosheng says: There is again birth and non-birth; now to separate them is likewise impossible. Sengliang says: That apart from the dharma there is a separate characteristic of birth likewise cannot be stated definitively. Sengzong says: He is no longer dispelling delusion; here he separately dispels the substance of birth itself. Borrowing birth to dispel non-birth, how could there be any birth that is graspable? Baoliang says: The preceding four lines dispelled a single grasping, showing that there cannot be said to be any fixed nature. Now these fifth and sixth lines directly dispel the characteristic of birth, showing that one cannot claim there is a separate characteristic of birth apart from the dharma.