說無垢稱經疏 4.77

4.77

Commentary: Third, it is anāsrava (untainted). It is not reinforced by the two bondages of association and cognitive objects, because it is free from all outflows (āsravas). Fourth, it is unconditioned. There are two kinds of unconditioned: first, tathatā and the like, which are not produced by causes and conditions, and are therefore called unconditioned; second, the anāsrava aggregates, which are not created by karma and afflictions, and are therefore also called unconditioned. The Buddha's body of five aggregates is also called unconditioned, because it is not created by karma and afflictions. Fifth, it is beyond the categories [of beings]. It does not fall into the category of sentient beings, because counting is eternally stilled; it falls only into the category of dharmas. Sentient beings are necessarily subsumed under the destinies, realms, and births; their essence is the eighth, vipāka-avyākṛta consciousness. Because the Buddha's body is solely anāsrava and solely wholesome, it is not subsumed under the category of sentient beings. How could such a body have any disease? Ānanda's vision was limited: he thought the Buddha's nirmāṇakāya was the real Buddha-body, that it was a composite, defiled body, and so forth up to broadly saying that it had fallen into the body of the human destiny of the desire realm, thinking that he truly had an illness. Therefore, the correct principle is shown now: the Buddha has no real illness.