大般涅槃經集解 70.25

70.25

Sengliang states: "Regarding 'from nature arises the great, and from the great arises egoism', the great of the five elements and egoism constitute consciousness. First expounding these two dharmas does not yet complete the enumeration of principles; it clarifies that the twenty-four dharmas are material and non-material. In the *Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa*, form and egoism subsume the non-material; mutually generating one another, all are impermanent; nature, however, is not like this. The *Śataśāstra* says, 'From primal darkness arises intellect (buddhi); this explains the meaning of the eleven faculties.' Next, its nature is roughly explained from here; although the meaning is not in strict sequence, the general import is the same. Intellect there and egoism here are alternating expressions." Sengzong states: "Primal darkness means that beyond eighty thousand kalpas it is dark and unseen; because this does not alter, it is called nature. Egoism is precisely the self-mind; merely grasping at a self, it gives rise to conceit before other persons." Baoliang states: "'From nature arises the great' refers to intellect. Because it perceives the ten thousand dharmas, it is called 'great'. 'From the great arises egoism' means that from intellect the self-mind arises."