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注維摩詰經 2.148

注維摩詰經 2.148

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什曰:焚燒林野威聲振烈,若勇士陳師制勝時也。實而求之,非有敵也。身亦如是,舉動云為興造萬端,從惑而觀若有宰也,尋其所由非有我也。肇曰:縱任自由謂之我。而外火起滅由薪,火不自在。火不自在,火無我也。外火既無我,內火類亦然。

[Kumāra]jīva says: Burning forests and wilderness, its formidable roar blazes forth, like a brave warrior deploying troops to secure victory. Yet searching for it in reality, there is no real agent. The body is also like this: its movements and activities initiate myriad undertakings, and when viewed from delusion, it seems to have a ruler; yet investigating its origin, there is no self. [Seng]zhao says: Unfettered autonomy is what is called a 'self'. But external fire's arising and extinguishing depends on firewood; fire has no self-mastery. Fire lacking self-mastery means fire has no self. Since external fire has no self, internal fire is likewise by analogy.

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