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大般涅槃經義記 8.259

大般涅槃經義記 8.259

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自下第四,師子以其人取證有,如來對破。師子初言「我今定知乳有酪性」總相立有。「何以」下釋,以人取故明知定有。「是故」下結。下佛對破,文別有三:一正破所執、二明「當服蘇今患臭」下呵其妄取、三「如有紙」下教其正義。初中有四:一以人取破其定有;二「何故賣人但取乳」下,以人不取破其定有;三「世人無子故求娉」下,還以人取破其定有;四「若乳有酪何故一時不見」已下,以人不見破其定有。初中有三:第一如來以人取刀,類破師子人取證有。「汝問不然」牒以直非。「何故」下釋。「一切眾生欲見面像即便取刀」舉事類徵。人雖取刀,刀中無面;求酪取乳,何得有酪?

From here below is the fourth [section]: Siṃhanāda adduces human procurement to prove existence, and the Tathāgata refutes it in response. First, Siṃhanāda says: "I now definitively know that milk has the nature of curds"—generally establishing existence. Below "For what reason?", it explains: because humans procure it, we clearly know it definitively exists. Below "Therefore...", it concludes. Below, the Tathāgata refutes it in response; the text has three distinct parts: first, directly refuting what is grasped; second, below "expecting to take ghee tomorrow, one already worries about its foul smell", rebuking his false grasping; third, below "just as if there were paper", teaching him the correct meaning. In the first part, there are four points: first, using human procurement to refute its definitive existence; second, below "why does the seller only take [the price of] milk?", using human non-procurement to refute its definitive existence; third, below "worldly people, having no son, therefore seek to marry a woman", turning back to human procurement to refute its definitive existence; fourth, from "if milk has curds, why are they not seen at the same time?" onward, using the fact that humans do not see them to refute its definitive existence. In the first [point], there are three aspects: first, the Tathāgata uses a person procuring a knife to analogously refute Siṃhanāda's adducing human procurement to prove existence. "Your question is not so" takes up his words to directly negate them. Below "For what reason?", it explains. "All sentient beings, wishing to see the reflection of their face, immediately take a knife" adduces a case to analogously interrogate. Although a person takes a knife, there is no face in the knife; when seeking curds one takes milk, so how could there be curds [pre-existing in it]?

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