大般涅槃經義記 3.279

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第二段中，文有三對：一佛勸修行彼要見性喻、二如來許示彼聞不信喻、三佛害己能彼聞求見喻。就初對中，「有異人」等喻佛勸修，佛超群俗名為異人。善解造修顯性之法名「知方便」，以法告示名「語女人」，勸之斷障，令善益彼名「雇除草」。下要見性，女即答言「我不能也」，反要見性機顯聖心義稱為答。若無所證，不肯修斷，名我不能。「若能示」下順要見性，未來解心假現修生名為「我子」。若佛顯性，今我當求解心證見，故云若示我子金藏。為性懃修，名為「速作」。第二對中，「我知方便，能示汝子」如來許示。「女人答」下彼聞不信，「我家大小」義如前解。性在我身，我尚不知，況佛異人，能知我性？能示我子？第三對中，「是人復言我審能」者，佛因彰己能知能示，「女人答」下彼聞求見，非直求於當來證見，亦求現在隨文解見，是故說言「我亦欲見，并可示我」。

In the second section, the text has three pairs: first, the simile of the Buddha encouraging cultivation and her demanding to see the nature; second, the simile of the Tathāgata promising to show it and her, upon hearing it, not believing; third, the simile of the Buddha proclaiming his own ability and her, upon hearing it, seeking to see it. In the first pair, 'There was a different person' and so forth is a simile for the Buddha encouraging cultivation; the Buddha surpassing the common crowd is called a different person. Being skilled in understanding the methods of practice that reveal the nature is called 'knowing the expedient means.' Informing her with the Dharma is called 'told the woman.' Encouraging her to sever obstructions and let goodness benefit her is called 'hired to weed.' Below is her demand to see the nature; the woman then replied, 'I cannot.' Conversely demanding to see the nature reveals the capacity for the sage's mind, which in meaning is called a reply. If there is nothing to be realized, she is unwilling to cultivate and sever, which is called 'I cannot.' From 'If you can show' downward accords with demanding to see the nature: the future understanding mind, produced through the manifestation of cultivation, is called 'my son.' If the Buddha reveals the nature, I should now seek the understanding mind to realize and see it; hence she says, 'If you show my son the gold store.' Diligently cultivating for the sake of the nature is called 'do it quickly.' In the second pair, 'I know the expedient means and can show your son' is the Tathāgata promising to show it. From 'The woman replied' downward is her hearing it and not believing; 'my family, great and small' is explained as before. The nature is in my own body and even I do not know it, so how could the Buddha, a different person, know my nature and show my son? In the third pair, 'That person again said, "I truly can"' is the Buddha thereby revealing his own ability to know and show it. From 'The woman replied' downward is her hearing it and seeking to see it; she does not merely seek realization and seeing in the future, but also seeks understanding and seeing in accordance with the words in the present; therefore she says, 'I also wish to see it, and you may show it to me as well.'