廣弘明集 13.20

13.20

開士曰。老子云。吾有大患莫若有身。使吾無身吾有何患。患之所由莫若身矣。老子既患有身欲求無惱。未免頭白與世不殊。若言長生何因早死。

The Bodhisattva says: Laozi says: 'The reason I have great misfortune is none other than having a body. If I had no body, what misfortune would I have?' The origin of misfortune is nothing other than the body. Since Laozi suffered from having a body and sought to be without affliction, he could not escape white hair, being no different from the mundane world. If you speak of eternal life, why did he die so early?