大般涅槃經集解 31.12

31.12

Zhixiu comments: Although karma and defilements are the causes that distinguish the fruit, craving is the birth that causes birth. Baoliang comments: The second point reconciles the objection. It clarifies that, although there are different explanations of the causes that attract the aggregates, none can be distinguished without craving; he illustrates this by means of three similes.