大般涅槃經集解 57.20

57.20

Sengliang comments: Above it was said that the continuity of aggregates is called bondage, but the subject of bondage was not stated, so he raises this objection. Baoliang says: Fourth, he directly clarifies that bondage and liberation are not separate from sentient beings. Apart from bondage and liberation, there is no separate sentient being; there is only a nominal designation formed from causes. Apart from causes, there is no effect: if delusion constitutes the person, the person is called 'bound'; if liberation constitutes the person, the person is called 'liberated.' Intending to clarify this principle, he raises the objection that since space fundamentally has no thorns to pull out, the aggregates likewise have no bondage to liberate.