大般涅槃經集解 46.70

46.70

Sengliang says: 'Birth is immediately named birth' first establishes the name of birth. 'Birth does not give birth to itself' means that it must give birth to a dharma that can be born, not to a dharma that cannot be born. Sengzong says: The non-existence prior to birth is not like a hare's horn; hence it says 'birth is immediately named birth.' Baoliang says: It is precisely because of the coming together of causes and conditions that it is named birth; when causes and conditions do not meet, it is named non-birth.