俱舍論記 13.44

13.44

「或即或似至滅下中熟」者，敘計救義。或即生下熟因即能為因滅下熟，非生中熟因能滅下熟。或即生中熟因即能為因滅中熟，非生上熟因能滅中熟。故言或即。此是或即計。或復轉計：生下熟因似滅下熟因，生中熟因似滅中熟因，火焰生滅二因即雖別，同時交雜故見相似，一為生因、一為滅因，非是一法為生、滅因。或彼計：火焰相續不停前後相似：前為生因、後為滅因，非是一法為生、滅因。或似生下熟因即能為因滅下品熟，非生下熟因即能滅下熟，雖見相似，然體各別。或似生中熟因即能為因滅中品熟，非生中熟因即能滅中熟。雖見相似，然體各別。故言或似。此是或似計。

[On the text,] "Either identical or similar … destroys the lower and intermediate stages of cooking": This recounts their position to rescue their doctrine. Either the cause that produces the lower stage of cooking is itself capable of acting as the cause that destroys the lower stage of cooking, and it is not the cause producing the intermediate stage that destroys the lower stage; or the cause that produces the intermediate stage of cooking is itself capable of acting as the cause that destroys the intermediate stage of cooking, and it is not the cause producing the upper stage that destroys the intermediate stage. Hence it says "either identical." This is the "either identical" thesis. Or they shift their position: the cause producing the lower stage of cooking is similar to the cause destroying the lower stage of cooking, and the cause producing the intermediate stage of cooking is similar to the cause destroying the intermediate stage of cooking; although the two causes of arising and destruction in the flame are different, because they are mingled at the same time they appear similar—one is the cause of arising and one is the cause of destruction, so it is not a single entity that is the cause of both arising and destruction. Or their position is: the continuum of the flame is ceaseless and earlier and later [moments] are similar: the earlier is the cause of arising and the later is the cause of destruction, so it is not a single entity that is the cause of both arising and destruction. Or, [a cause] similar to the cause producing the lower stage of cooking is capable of acting as the cause that destroys the lower grade of cooking, but it is not the very cause producing the lower stage that destroys the lower stage; though appearing similar, their substances are distinct. Or, [a cause] similar to the cause producing the intermediate stage of cooking is capable of acting as the cause that destroys the intermediate grade of cooking, but it is not the very cause producing the intermediate stage that destroys the intermediate stage; though appearing similar, their substances are distinct. Hence it says "or similar." This is the "or similar" thesis.