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大乘義章 6.44

大乘義章 6.44

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Classical Chinese

6.44

次辨如去不如去等。於中有四:一者如去、二不如去、三亦如去亦不如去、四非不如去。言如去者,如從前世來生此間,去向後世亦復如是,故云如去。不如去者,有人說言:如從前世來生此間,死後斷滅,不如前去,名不如去。言亦如去不如去者,有人說言:身之與神合以為人,如從前來,死後神去、身不如去。言非如去非不如去者,有人見彼去與不去斯皆有過,故說非去及非不去。雖唯說不去及非不去,不能捨神(此三門竟)。

Next, to differentiate [the views on] whether [the Tathāgata] goes as such or does not go as such, and so on. Among these there are four: first, going as such; second, not going as such; third, both going as such and not going as such; fourth, neither going as such nor not going as such. Regarding 'going as such': just as one came from a previous life to be born here, so too one departs to a future life; hence it is called 'going as such'. Regarding 'not going as such': some people say that, although one came from a previous life to be born here, upon death there is annihilation, and one does not go on as before; hence it is called 'not going as such'. Regarding 'both going as such and not going as such': some people say that the body and the spirit unite to form a person, and just as they came from before, so after death the spirit departs while the body does not go on as such. Regarding 'neither going as such nor not going as such': some people see that both going and not going entail faults, and therefore state that there is neither going nor not going. Although they state only that there is neither going nor not going, they cannot relinquish [the belief in] a spirit. (This concludes the third section.)

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