俱舍論頌疏論本 30.12

30.12

"Because a real life-principle does not exist,
The Buddha did not state identity or difference;
Fearing they would reject the nominal self as non-existent,
He also did not say it is completely non-existent.
Namely, within the continuum of aggregates,
There is a life-principle of karma and result;
If he said there is no life-principle,
They would reject this as non-existent.
He did not speak of the aggregates
Having a nominally designated life-principle,
Because he observed that the questioner
Lacked the capacity to understand true emptiness.
Thus observing Vatsa's
Different dispositions,
When he asked about the existence or non-existence of a self,
The Buddha did not answer with existence or non-existence."