大般涅槃經集解 56.22

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Sengliang comments: Irrigating with water produces it, while irrigating with milk makes it grow rapidly, proving the power of contributory causes, that what is absent can produce. Baoliang comments: Refuting their clinging with two points. The first round concedes that milk can also produce trees; the second round cites the substance of the four great elements, where gold and jade have their roots and cannot be equated; curd and trees naturally each have their own direct cause.