大般涅槃經義記 7.400

7.400

中六復次明無貪中，前五復次就真以求，明心無貪；後一復次明妄異真，貪不污心。先論前五：初復次中，初先法說明心無貪，次喻，後合。法說可知。喻中，初言「如人𤚲角本無乳相，雖加功力，乳無由出」順喻明無，角喻真心，人喻惑境，惑境動心名為𤚲角，真心無貪名無乳相。雖對塵境貪結不生名加功力乳無由出，「𤚲乳之者不如是」下反喻明無，舉有顯無，故說為反。乳喻妄心，妄境牽心名「𤚲乳者」，不同真心，本性無貪，名「不如是」。下顯不相，暫對塵境名「加功少」，貪結多起名「乳多出」。亦可後句𤚲乳之喻舉彼世間有事顯無，不須別合。下合顯法，「心亦如是」合前角也。「本無貪者」合本無乳。「今云何有」約前加功，乳無由出，徵破有貪。

In the middle six further arguments clarifying that there is no greed, the first five further arguments investigate based on the true to clarify that the mind has no greed; the latter one further argument clarifies that the deluded is different from the true, and greed does not defile the mind. First, let us discuss the first five: in the first further argument, it first speaks doctrinally to clarify that the mind has no greed, next gives a simile, and then the correspondence. The doctrinal statement can be understood. In the simile, it first says, "just as when a person milks a horn, there is originally no characteristic of milk, so although effort is applied, milk has no way of coming out"; this directly uses a simile to clarify non-existence: the horn illustrates the true mind, the person illustrates the objective realm of confusion; the objective realm of confusion agitating the mind is called milking the horn, and the true mind lacking greed is called having no characteristic of milk. Even though facing sensory realms the fetter of greed does not arise, which is called applying effort yet milk having no way of coming out. The passage beginning with "one who milks for milk is not so" uses an inverted simile to clarify non-existence; raising existence to reveal non-existence is why it is called inverted. Milk illustrates the deluded mind, and deluded objects pulling the mind is called "one who milks for milk"; differing from the true mind, its intrinsic nature lacks greed, which is called "not so." Below, it reveals the dissimilar: briefly facing sensory realms is called "applying little effort," and the fetter of greed arising abundantly is called "much milk comes out." Alternatively, the subsequent sentence's simile of milking for milk may just raise an existent worldly phenomenon to reveal non-existence, without requiring a separate correspondence. Below, it matches and reveals the doctrine: "the mind is also like this" corresponds to the horn before; "originally lacking greed" corresponds to originally having no milk; "how could it exist now?" draws upon the preceding application of effort where milk has no way of coming out, questioning and refuting the existence of greed.