涅槃經遊意 1.29

1.29

問：凡有始終，聖亦始終者？無常有始終，常亦有始終不？常無常相對，無常有始終，常無始終；亦應凡聖相對，凡有始終，聖無始終。

Question: If the ordinary has a beginning and an end, and the noble also has a beginning and an end, does impermanence have a beginning and an end, and does permanence also have a beginning and an end or not? In the opposition between permanence and impermanence, impermanence has a beginning and an end, while permanence has no beginning and no end; likewise, in the opposition between ordinary and noble, the ordinary should have a beginning and an end, while the noble has no beginning and no end.