大般涅槃經集解 57.20

57.20

案僧亮曰：上云陰不斷名縛，而未說繫主，故設難也。寶亮曰，第四，正明縛解不離眾生。離縛解之外，無別有眾生，但因成假名。離因無果，若以惑成人，名人為縛；以解成人，名人為解。將明此理，故難云空本無刺可拔，陰亦無縛可解。

Sengliang comments: Above it was said that the continuity of aggregates is called bondage, but the subject of bondage was not stated, so he raises this objection. Baoliang says: Fourth, he directly clarifies that bondage and liberation are not separate from sentient beings. Apart from bondage and liberation, there is no separate sentient being; there is only a nominal designation formed from causes. Apart from causes, there is no effect: if delusion constitutes the person, the person is called 'bound'; if liberation constitutes the person, the person is called 'liberated.' Intending to clarify this principle, he raises the objection that since space fundamentally has no thorns to pull out, the aggregates likewise have no bondage to liberate.