大般涅槃經義記 7.409

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「如眾生」下第五復次，舉無顯有，舉無神我顯有貪也。「如生無我，凡夫橫計，不墮三惡」是舉無也。「云何貪者於無女」下是顯有也，是義云何？眾生身中無神我故，凡夫於中雖橫計我，不墮三惡。若使貪結同我，實無起貪之者，亦應同前不墮三惡，云何貪者墮三惡道？貪者墮惡明貪是有，不同我無，言意如是。然計我者論說不同，依如《成實》亦墮惡道，《毘曇》宣說身邊二見是無記故不墮三惡，今說與彼《毘曇》義同。《地持》亦爾，故《地持》云「起身見人不謗所知，不因此見墮於惡道」，正與此同。言「無女中生女想」者，畫像非女，世人見之生女想也。何故不舉女中生貪，墮三惡道，偏舉此乎？為顯墮惡專由心中所有貪性，不由境生。

From "Just as sentient beings" onward is the fifth point, which adduces nonexistence to reveal existence—adducing the nonexistence of a spiritual self to reveal the existence of greed. "Just as beings lack a self, yet ordinary persons falsely calculate it and do not fall into the three evil [realms]" is adducing nonexistence. From "Why does one who is greedy toward what is not a woman" onward reveals existence. What is the meaning of this? Because there is no spiritual self in the bodies of sentient beings, though ordinary persons falsely calculate a self therein, they do not fall into the three evil [realms]. If the fetter of greed were the same as the self—actually lacking any agent who gives rise to greed—it should also be the same as the former and not fall into the three evil [realms]; why then does one who is greedy fall into the three evil paths? That one who is greedy falls into the evil [paths] clarifies that greed exists, unlike the self's nonexistence. Such is the meaning of the words. However, the treatises explain the calculator of a self differently: according to the *Tattvasiddhi*, one also falls into the evil paths; the *Abhidharma* proclaims that the two views of individuality and extremes are morally neutral, and therefore one does not fall into the three evil [realms]. What is stated here is identical in meaning with that *Abhidharma*. The *Bodhisattvabhūmi* is also like this; hence the *Bodhisattvabhūmi* states: "A person who gives rise to the view of individuality does not slander what is known, and does not fall into the evil paths on account of this view," which is directly identical with this. As for the words "in what is not a woman gives rise to the conception of a woman": a painted image is not a woman, yet worldly people see it and give rise to the conception of a woman. Why does it not cite giving rise to greed toward a woman and falling into the three evil paths, but specifically cites this? It is to reveal that falling into the evil [paths] stems solely from the nature of greed present in the mind, and does not arise from the object.