俱舍論頌疏論本 29.63

29.63

The explanation states: They assert a real self called 'pudgala', which is translated here as 'frequent appropriator of destinies'. The skandhas perish from moment to moment and have no ability to transmigrate; but because the self can abandon these skandhas and connect to other skandhas, frequently appropriating destinies, they hold that there is a real substantial self named pudgala. They assert that the self is neither identical to nor different from the skandhas, neither annihilated nor eternal. If one says it is identical to the skandhas, then when the skandhas perish the self would perish, which becomes the annihilationist view. If one says it is different from the skandhas, then when the skandhas perish the self remains, which is the eternalist view. Both fall into extremes; therefore, one knows that this self is neither identical to nor different from the five skandha phenomena, neither annihilated nor eternal.