[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大般涅槃經義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764) › 4.52 # 大般涅槃經義記 4.52 大般涅槃經義記 4.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.52) 上來立喻，下合顯法，但合初對，後類可知。「明與無明亦復如是」合前食草血變成乳明法相二，「若與煩惱諸結俱」下合前是乳雖從草血不得二等。於中，初先正解無二，一佛性體，與諸結俱名為無明，與善法俱名之為明，明與無明體性無二。何者性體？謂真識心。故《地經》中說十二緣皆真心作，如夢所為皆報心作。「是故」已下結成無二，「以是因緣」下結會前喻，以明、無明二因緣故，我先宣說雪山膩草，牛若食者即成醍醐。「佛性亦爾」舉法以帖，此明佛性，同彼膩草及與醍醐前後性一，故云亦爾。由性一故，彼無明轉即變為明。如是一切四諦至此，正明證行。 > The above established the simile; below, it correlates and reveals the dharma, only correlating the first pair, while the subsequent can be known by analogy. 'Clarity and ignorance are also like this' correlates with the preceding eating of grass and blood turning into milk, revealing the duality of dharma-characteristics. From 'if together with the defilements and fetters' downward correlates with the preceding 'although this milk comes from grass and blood it cannot be \[called\] two' and so forth. Therein, it first directly explains non-duality: the single substance of buddha-nature, when together with the fetters, is called ignorance; when together with wholesome dharmas, it is called clarity; the essential nature of clarity and ignorance is non-dual. What is this essential substance? It refers to the true consciousness-mind. Thus in the Daśabhūmika Sūtra it is said that the twelve links of dependent origination are all made by the true mind, just as what is done in a dream is all made by the retributive mind. From 'therefore' downward, it concludes non-duality; from 'due to these conditions' downward, it concludes and correlates with the preceding simile: because of the two conditions of clarity and ignorance, I previously spoke of the rich grass of the Snowy Mountains, which if eaten by cows immediately becomes clarified butter. 'Buddha-nature is also like this' cites the dharma to correspond; this reveals that buddha-nature is identical to that rich grass and clarified butter in having one nature prior and subsequent; hence it says 'is also like this'. Because the nature is one, when that ignorance transforms, it immediately becomes clarity. Thus all the four noble truths up to here properly explain the practice of realization. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.51) - [Next: 4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.53) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764~en-mt.4.52) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.52) · Pramāṇa