大般涅槃經疏 22.13

22.13

“How does one keep far away” is the tenth section, which also has a statement, an explanation, and a conclusion. The statement is as in the text. In the explanatory text, craving and defilement within the twenty-five realms of existence are taken as the two extremes, which are the two dharmas of cause and effect. I personally consider: because one destroys the three kinds of delusions within the twenty-five realms of existence, one is free from the two extremes. Héxī takes karma and defilement as the two extremes. I personally consider: only if one says that the three delusions have three kinds of karma does it accord with the present meaning. Merely taking the delusions and karma within the triple realm as the two extremes completely misses the present meaning. Once this meaning is grasped, it applies analogously to all dharmas: existence and non-existence, eternalism and annihilationism, defilement and purity, bondage and liberation—all are the two extremes.