大般涅槃經集解 18.145

18.145

Sengliang comments: Loathing the suffering of the body and seeking the bliss of the unconditioned (asaṃskṛta), when he hears that the Buddha is impermanent, in his aspiration he does not seek it. Fayao comments: He needs the milk of permanence, hence it is analogized by thirst; this is spoken with respect to the principle. Because non-self has arisen, he turns his back on the teaching of the self and does not accept it; this is analogized by abandoning it; this is spoken with respect to sentiment. Sengzong comments: Since the habit of calculating permanence has been long, from time to time it desires to arise again, like being thirsty and exhausted. The name 'permanence' originally derived from the Buddha; although it was an inverted grasp, it was still obtained from the Buddha, hence it is called 'mother's milk.' But as the urgency of the one-sided teaching became increasingly clear, the inverted mind wished to arise but could not; this is analogized by abandoning it. Another explanation: although he heard the purport of the one-sided teaching, it was as if there were a principle of returning to the real; yet since the one-sided teaching was urgent, the complete understanding could not arise at that time, just as smelling the odor caused him to abandon it.