維摩經玄疏 2.69

2.69

Answer: If arising is called "self," how could cessation not be "other"! If cessation is not other, how could arising be self! Arising is self-nature, and cessation is other-nature. Since arising is self-nature, it cannot establish provisionality; since cessation is other-nature, how could one speak of provisionality? If cessation being other-nature allows one to speak of provisionality, then arising being self-nature should also allow one to speak of provisionality. Examining it critically in this way: arising due to arising is the error of self-nature; speaking of cessation as arising falls into the fault of other-nature. In this kind of argument, speaking of arising due to cessation fails to establish provisionality.