淨名經集解關中疏 2.46

2.46

He replied: "This illness is not the earth element, nor is it separate from the earth element. The water, fire, and wind elements are also like this. Yet the illnesses of sentient beings arise from the four great elements; because they have illness, I therefore have illness." This is the reply. [Seng]zhao says: "The four great elements are fundamentally free from illness and also do not exist [as real entities]. Yet the illusory illnesses of sentient beings arise from the four great elements. Therefore, with an illusory illness, I respond to their ill bodies. Tracing back to their origin, both others and myself lack reality; wishing to examine its characteristics, what could it correspond to?"