淨名玄論 6.8

6.8

Next, investigating the meaning of nature. Question: Whose doctrine clarifies that there is an existence that can exist and a non-existence that can be non-existent, thus constituting intrinsic nature? Answer: Now, to explain generally all doctrines possessing grasping—internal and external, great and small—they necessarily have an existence that can exist as attaining existence, and a non-existence that can be non-existent as attaining non-existence. This is termed possessing grasping, and therefore falls into intrinsic nature.