安樂集 1.90

1.90

答曰：「言眾生畢竟無生如虛空者，有二種義：一者、如凡夫人所見，實眾生、實生死等；若據菩薩往生，畢竟如虛空、如兔角。二者、今言生者，是因緣生；因緣生故，即是假名生；假名生故，即是無生。不違大道理也。非如凡夫謂有實眾生、實生死也。」

He answers: "When it is said that sentient beings are ultimately unarisen like empty space, there are two meanings: First, as ordinary beings see it, there are real sentient beings, real saṃsāra, and the like; but as far as the bodhisattva's rebirth is concerned, it is ultimately like empty space, like a rabbit's horns. Second, what is now spoken of as 'birth' is birth through conditions; because it is birth through conditions, it is birth by conventional designation; because it is birth by conventional designation, it is non-arising. This does not contradict the great truth. It is not like ordinary beings who suppose there are real sentient beings and real saṃsāra."