大般涅槃經集解 64.50

64.50

Sengliang comments: 'Self' is a general designation for the sentient spirit. 'Sentient being' and 'living soul' are distinct names commonly used. There are sixteen names, yet the meaning speaks of the three periods, synthesizing past, future, and present, nominally making them one; therefore, it is precisely my body. Yet confused people think that the Buddha distinctly taught an independent self that remains unchanged from past to present from beginning to end; hence dispute arose.