大般涅槃經義記 5.213

5.213

第三對中，先破第六諸事和合利益於我，外道取彼世人所說諸事和合益我之言執定有我，故今破之，明但假名，都無實事。於中初先牒其所立，下對破之，「無我法中亦有我名」彰名無實，「如貧賤」下舉事類顯，「如我死」下破名有實，「如言我死」舉世人語，「若我死者，我則殺我」依名徵實，「若諸外道聞言益我即謂有我，如死言我，我亦應死，若我死者此我便是可殺之我，是故說言我則殺我，而我叵殺」簡實異名，「假名殺我」結名無實，「如矬人」下舉事類顯，「以是義」下結成無我。下破第五宿習有我，先牒所立，下正破之。「若有我者不應執持糞穢」等舉事反徵，「以是義」下結成無我，以是執持糞穢等故定知無我，「一切生」下釋彼嬰兒求乳所以，「是故」下結。

Within the third pair, it first refutes the sixth, that diverse affairs combine to benefit the self. Outsiders take the worldly saying that diverse affairs combine to benefit oneself and hold fast that there is definitively a self; therefore it now refutes this, explaining that it is merely a conventional name with no real entity whatsoever. Therein, it first repeats what they assert, and below refutes it: "In dharmas without self there is also the name 'self'" reveals that the name lacks reality; from "Just as the poor and base" onward, it adduces a case by analogy to clarify it; from "Just as 'I die'" onward, it refutes the idea that the name has reality; "just as saying 'I die'" adduces worldly speech; "if I die, then I kill myself" examines reality based on the name: "If all outsiders hear the words 'benefits me' and immediately say there is a self, then as with the word 'I' in dying, I should also die; if I die, this self would be a self that can be killed, and therefore one says 'I kill myself,' yet the self cannot be killed" distinguishes reality from mere convention; "killing myself is a conventional designation" concludes that the name lacks reality; from "just as a short person" onward, it adduces a case by analogy to clarify it; from "by this principle" onward, it concludes the establishment of non-self. Next, it refutes the fifth, that there is a self because of past habituation: first repeating what they assert, and below directly refuting it. "If there were a self, one should not hold excrement and filth" and so forth adduces facts to reverse the inquiry; from "by this principle" onward, it concludes the establishment of non-self: because of holding excrement and filth and so forth, one definitely knows there is no self; from "all that are born" onward, it explains the reason why an infant seeks milk; and from "therefore" onward concludes.