大般涅槃經集解 46.60

46.60

Daosheng says: There is again birth and non-birth; now to separate them is likewise impossible. Sengliang says: That apart from the dharma there is a separate characteristic of birth likewise cannot be stated definitively. Sengzong says: He is no longer dispelling delusion; here he separately dispels the substance of birth itself. Borrowing birth to dispel non-birth, how could there be any birth that is graspable? Baoliang says: The preceding four lines dispelled a single grasping, showing that there cannot be said to be any fixed nature. Now these fifth and sixth lines directly dispel the characteristic of birth, showing that one cannot claim there is a separate characteristic of birth apart from the dharma.