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注維摩詰經 2.146

注維摩詰經 2.146

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2.146

什曰:地無常主,強者得之。身亦無主,隨事而變,病至則惱、死至則滅,聚散隨緣,不得自在也。肇曰:夫萬事萬形皆四大成,在外則為土木山河、在內則為四支百體,聚而為生、散而為死,生則為內、死則為外,內外雖殊,然其大不異,故以內外四大類明無我也。如外地,古今相傳強者先宅,故無主也。身亦然耳,眾緣所成,緣合則起、緣散則離,何有真宰常主之者?主、壽、人是一我義立四名也。

[Kumāra]jīva says: The earth has no constant master; the strong possess it. The body is also masterless, altering according to circumstance: when sickness arrives it is vexed, when death arrives it is extinguished; its gathering and dispersal follow conditions, without gaining self-mastery. [Seng]zhao says: The myriad matters and myriad forms are all composed of the four great elements. Externally they form earth, wood, mountains, and rivers; internally they form the four limbs and hundred members. Gathering, they constitute life; dispersing, they constitute death. Living, they are internal; dead, they are external. Although internal and external differ, their great elements are not distinct; hence, by matching internal and external four elements, he illuminates non-self. Like the external earth, passed down from antiquity to the present, whoever is strong first resides upon it; hence it has no master. The body is just like this: composed of myriad conditions, it arises when conditions combine and separates when conditions disperse. How could there be a true ruler constantly mastering it? 'Master', 'life-span', and 'person' are four designations established for the single concept of a self.

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