注維摩詰經 3.233

3.233

[Kumāra]jīva says: The uncontaminated factors of the path, all dharmas, and the disciplinary rules are all called the dharma of going forth, and the dharma of going forth is entirely termed 'without benefit.' In worldly dharmas, one undergoes birth and death unceasingly, and the recompense and benefit increasingly accumulate. As for the dharma of going forth, though it exists in the present, in the ultimate end it is non-existent. Why is this said? Fundamentally, one wishes to borrow conventions to put an end to conventions, and rely on existence to reach non-existence, about to depart from the realm of merit and enter the domain of non-benefit. The domain of non-benefit is nirvāṇa. Now, speaking of non-benefit in the context of having benefit is speaking of the fruit within the cause. [Seng]zhao says: Where there is an unconditioned fruit, there must be an unconditioned cause. That cause and fruit share the same characteristics is the natural Way. Going forth is for the unconditioned, which is the cause of the unconditioned. The unconditioned has neither benefit nor merit; one should know that going forth is also like this. [Dao]sheng says: The unconditioned is the dharma that expresses the principle; therefore, it has no real merit or benefit.