維摩經略疏垂裕記 7.148

7.148

二、約破斷德釋，二：初、正釋。「別教云眾生如即涅槃相」者，理本寂滅，但為惑覆，所覆之理名為涅槃。既眾生本有，何須在果？二、「此釋」下，結示。

Second, explanation in terms of refuting the virtue of eradication, in two parts: first, the correct explanation. As for 'The separate teaching says that the thusness of sentient beings is the mark of nirvāṇa': principle is fundamentally tranquil and ceased, but is merely obscured by delusions; the obscured principle is called nirvāṇa. Since it is fundamentally inherent in sentient beings, why must it exist only in the fruition? Second, from 'This explanation' downward, concluding and showing.