大般涅槃經義記 8.323

8.323

第四段中，准於前喻更立異法，用合燈喻。「諦聽我說」勅聽許說。下正合之，合以顯法。「炷」喻二十五有之身。「油」喻愛結。「明」喻智慧。「除破黑闇」喻滅無明。「煖」喻聖道。「如燈油盡，明炎則滅」牒舉其喻。「眾生愛盡」合油盡也。「其明滅」者喻智慧滅。「其炎滅」者喻彼變易生死果滅。此等滅故證見佛性。見佛性故，雖有真實法身名色不能縛繫，亦可應化名色不縛。以不縛故，雖現在於二十五有，不為其污。

In the fourth section, based on the preceding analogy, he further establishes a different dharma to match the lamp analogy. "Listen attentively to what I say" enjoins him to listen and promises to speak. Below, he directly applies it, applying it to reveal the dharma. The "wick" is an analogy for the body of the twenty-five states of existence. The "oil" is an analogy for the fetters of craving. The "light" is an analogy for wisdom. "Dispelling darkness" is an analogy for eliminating ignorance. The "warmth" is an analogy for the noble path. "Just as when the oil of a lamp is exhausted, the light and flame are extinguished" restates and cites the analogy. "Sentient beings' craving being exhausted" matches the exhaustion of the oil. "Its light being extinguished" is an analogy for wisdom being extinguished. "Its flame being extinguished" is an analogy for the fruit of their birth-and-death of transformation being extinguished. Because these are extinguished, one realizes and sees the buddha-nature. Because one sees the buddha-nature, although there is the name-and-form of the true dharmakāya, it cannot bind; it is also that the name-and-form of manifestation and transformation does not bind. Because it does not bind, although presently in the twenty-five states of existence, one is not defiled by them.