肇論新疏 3.277

3.277

請問：我與無為為一為異？若我即無為，無為亦即我，不得言「無為無異，異自我也」。若我異無為，我則非無為。無為自無為，我自常有為，冥會之致又滯而不通。

I beg to ask: Are the self and the unconditioned one or different? If the self is identical to the unconditioned and the unconditioned is also identical to the self, one cannot say that "the unconditioned is not different, and the difference comes from ourselves." If the self is different from the unconditioned, then the self is not the unconditioned. The unconditioned is of itself unconditioned, and the self is of itself ever conditioned; the purport of profound communion would then be obstructed and not penetrate.