大般涅槃經集解 18.231

18.231

案道生曰：執失不信今說也。僧亮曰：皮裏淺近，譬現在也。現在有為，唯苦不淨，豈見佛性用耶？筋裹深遠，以譬未來，以不可見故，明其無也。法瑤曰：佛性清淨，若在煩惱之中，則不容爾；若在善中，未有善時則無佛性，不應可見也。僧宗曰：近是迦葉十一翻難也。寶亮曰：不異前新舊醫譬中諸比丘不信常之辭。

Daosheng comments: Clinging to its loss, he does not believe the present statement. Sengliang comments: Under the skin is shallow and close, comparing to the present. The present is saṃskṛta, exclusively suffering and impure; how could one see the function of the buddhadhātu? Enclosed within the sinews is deep and distant, comparing to the future; because it cannot be seen, it clarifies its nonexistence. Fayao comments: The buddhadhātu is pure. If it were within defilements, that would not be admissible; if it were within the good, when there is not yet good there would be no buddhadhātu, so it should not be visible. Sengzong comments: This approximates Kāśyapa's eleven objections. Baoliang comments: This is no different from the statements of the monks who did not believe in permanence in the previous metaphor of the new and old physicians.