大般涅槃經集解 19.38

19.38

Sengliang states: Following the momentum of the preceding words, there arises this question. If the nature cannot be killed, it seems that killing living beings would incur no sin. Sengzong states: The intention of this objection is to prompt an explanation that it is spoken of as existing merely because it is not separate [from the aggregates], not that an already existent entity is identical with the aggregates.