大般涅槃經集解 24.8

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24.8

Sengliang comments: "Originally existing and now non-existent" means originally having defilements and lacking nirvāṇa. "Originally non-existent and now existent" means originally lacking prajñā and having defilements. If one says that the Buddha has defilements in all three periods of time, there is no such possibility. Therefore, although conditions are the same, that by which they differ is this: because there are defilements, there is impermanence; because there are no defilements, there is permanence.

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大般涅槃經集解 — Classical Chinese