一切經音義 26.519

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[菟-(色-巴)+(〦-一)]角虛空（[菟-(色-巴)+(〦-一)]角本無故今亦無虛空常故本有今有佛性不爾本有今無本無今有是故亦有亦無是中道義經云煩惱諸結善無記盡名佛性言本有今無者煩惱也本無今有者菩提也若云三世俱無煩惱如虛空三世俱無菩提如[菟-(色-巴)+(〦-一)]角者即名謗佛法僧故云三世有法無有是處）。

Hare's horns and empty space (because a hare's horns fundamentally do not exist, they also do not exist now; because empty space is permanent, it fundamentally existed and exists now. Buddha-nature is not like this: it fundamentally existed and is now non-existent, or it was fundamentally non-existent and now exists; therefore it both exists and does not exist, which is the meaning of the Middle Way. The sūtra says: "When the afflictions, fetters, wholesome, and indeterminate [states] are exhausted, it is called Buddha-nature." That which fundamentally existed and is now non-existent is affliction; that which was fundamentally non-existent and now exists is bodhi. If one says that throughout the three times afflictions are entirely non-existent like empty space, and that throughout the three times bodhi is entirely non-existent like a hare's horns, this is called slandering the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha. Therefore it is said: "That phenomena exist in the three times is impossible").