大般涅槃經集解 66.82

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案僧亮曰：法起名生也。日性是明，雖復未起，性自無闇，名為破闇。善惡之性，性自相違，善生則惡滅也。寶亮曰：此人乘過去善為因，現在善知識為緣，則能滅惡生善也。智秀曰：雖未出性能破闇，佛性未來能生善根，其如此也。是少分譬，可善消息取之。

Sengliang notes: "The arising of dharmas is called birth. The nature of the sun is light; although it has not yet risen, its nature is inherently without darkness, which is called destroying darkness. The natures of good and evil are inherently mutually opposed; when goodness arises, evil is extinguished." Baoliang says: "This person rides upon past goodness as the cause and present good spiritual friends as the condition, and thus is able to extinguish evil and produce goodness." Zhixiu says: "Although not yet having arisen, its nature can destroy darkness; that the buddhadhātu can produce roots of goodness in the future is just like this. This is a partial analogy, which must be carefully evaluated and understood."