大般涅槃經疏 9.7

9.7

Next, regarding the analogy of the monk: the Buddha's realm is difficult to understand, so the shallow is adduced to illustrate the deep and make it easy to comprehend. This also has three parts: first, seeing the fire; second, the vow; third, the conclusion. Regarding seeing a mass of fire: fire is born from conditions. Examining this mass of fire: does the fire arise from itself? Does it arise from fuel? Does it arise from both fuel and fire? Does it arise apart from fuel and fire? When the fire is extinguished, does it go to the east, south, west, or north? Arising, it has nowhere it comes from; extinguishing, it has nowhere it goes. The causes and conditions of the mass of fire cannot be grasped in the four [ways]; they are burned by wrong views. Contemplating the body is also like this: being, non-being, both being and non-being, and neither being nor non-being are all unobtainable; this is called right view.