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大般涅槃經義記 8.327

大般涅槃經義記 8.327

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8.327

下佛答之,文別有四:先答第三、次答第二、復答第三、却答第一,故有四文。初言「須陀雖生惡國,終不失於須陀名」者,答第三中若惡國陰非須陀洹,明雖生惡不得言非。「陰不相似,是故我引犢子為喻」,答第二難,明後過前。非直相似,是故說言陰不相似。如犢飲乳初飢後飽,云何不似?去涅槃界近於前故。

Below, the Buddha answers him; the text has four distinct parts: first answering the third, next answering the second, then answering the third again, and finally answering the first; hence there are four passages. First, saying "although a srotāpanna is born in an evil land, he ultimately does not lose the name of srotāpanna" answers the point in the third [objection] that if the aggregates in an evil land are not a srotāpanna, explaining that although born in an evil [land], one cannot say he is not [a srotāpanna]. "The aggregates are not similar, which is why I cited the calf as an analogy" answers the second objection, explaining that the later surpasses the earlier. They are not merely similar; therefore it is said that the aggregates are not similar. Just as when a calf drinks milk, it is hungry at first and satiated later, why are they not similar? It is because he is closer to the realm of nirvāṇa than before.

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