大般涅槃經集解 45.37

45.37

Daosheng notes: This is a further, isolated objection against the preceding meaning of hearing. Sengliang says: This is the fifth objection. Sengzong says: The fifth and sixth objections are generally similar in meaning, but the fifth objection is slightly more relaxed, while the sixth objection becomes increasingly pressing. Here, it still grants that there is hearing in the present. Baoliang says: The four objections above directly went against the principle. The two objections from here down indirectly assist the Buddha's explanation, clarifying that the myriad phenomena are not fixed. The Buddha directly takes this up to answer. The objection means: even with phenomena that can be seen, there is still seeing and not seeing; how much less can nirvāṇa, which is neither matter nor sound, be heard?