大般涅槃經集解 68.58

68.58

Sengliang notes: Non-Buddhists say that space is an existent dharma, hence it must be clarified. 'Tathāgata' is the general designation for body and mind. 'Nature' is a distinct name for awakening and understanding. 'Nirvāṇa' is the collective name for the cessation of suffering. The three meanings are distinct yet always one. As for distinctively calling what is non-nirvāṇa 'nirvāṇa': existent dharmas of conventional truth are relative in existence, non-existence, right, and wrong. Space is said to be non-existent in conventional truth. 'All defilements and saṃskṛta dharmas': defilement is the cause, saṃskṛta is the fruit; cause and fruit are suffering, whose cessation is bliss. From 'icchantika' up to 'pratyekabuddha': the six perfections are the path of Suchness; coming by riding the path of Suchness, one is called a Tathāgata. These [other beings] do not ride the path of Suchness; bodhisattvas ride it but have not yet arrived, so they are excluded. 'Insentient objects': the insentient lacks the nature of awakening and understanding, so it is not the nature.