大般涅槃經集解 46.52

46.52

Daosheng says: This answers the sixth proposition. Sengliang says: He first answers the sixth proposition. Birth is a provisional designation; it cannot be stated definitively. What is unborn is non-existence; that birth could give birth to non-existence likewise cannot be stated definitively. Sengzong says: He first answers the sixth objection. The unborn is space. To claim that space is born cannot be stated. Baoliang says: In the latter set there are seven headings, which are explained in sequence below. The first six lines are all indeterminate responses; the last line explains that birth occurs by reason of causes and conditions. 'That the unborn is born cannot be stated' is the first line, showing that there is no fixed unborn nature, nor is there a fixed nature of birth; how could it be stated definitively?