維摩經略疏 8.19

8.19

問：若二邊斷名無所生者，何得初住猶四十一品生？答：一品生斷即一無所生，雖有四十一品生皆無定性，即是無生。故《大論》云「雖未脫死地，即為已得脫。」

Question: If the severance of both extremes is called "nothing produced," why is it that at the first abode there are still forty-one grades of production? Answer: When one grade of production is severed, that is one [instance of] non-production; although there are forty-one grades of production, all are without fixed nature, which is non-production. Thus the Dàzhìdù lùn says: "Though one has not yet escaped the place of death, one is regarded as having already escaped."