大般涅槃經義記 6.28

6.28

In 'beginningless emptiness', it first initiates with a question, next explains, and finally concludes. In the explanation, 'saṃsāra from the beginningless is all empty' generally marks it out. From 'Namely' below is the specific; in the specific there are three meanings, fully as explained above: first, clarifying the absence of the permanence, bliss, self, purity, sentient beings, and life-span conceptualized by deluded feelings; second, clarifying that within this emptiness there are no Buddha, Dharma, Saṅgha, or buddha-nature; third, clarifying that within this emptiness there are no internal, external, conditioned, or unconditioned dharmas of any kind. The text only clarifies the absence of unconditioned dharmas, and the rest is omitted without discussion.