成唯識論演祕 1.410

1.410

答：《廣百論》云，一類外道作如是言「我若周遍如虛空」者，不應隨身受諸苦樂；如空界無所往來，其性湛然非作、受者，是故我性應如色等隨所依身形量不定，雖無形礙，而有所依轉變，隨身受諸苦樂。雖依形質有卷有舒，而我體性無生無滅；如渧油水，隨水廣狹雖有卷舒而無增減。

Answer: The Guang bai lun says: One group of non-Buddhists makes this statement: 'If the self were all-pervasive like empty space, it should not experience suffering and pleasure following the body; just as the spatial realm has no coming or going, its nature is quiescent and not an agent or experiencer. Therefore, the nature of the self should be like form (rūpa) and so on, indeterminate in shape and measure according to the body on which it relies. Although it has no material obstruction, it has transformations according to its basis, experiencing suffering and pleasure following the body. Although it contracts and expands relying on physical form, the substance of the self is without arising or ceasing; just as drops of oil upon water contract and expand following the breadth or narrowness of the water, yet without increase or decrease.'