大般涅槃經義記 9.45

9.45

Fourth, from "Like salt..." downward, it clarifies that with regard to dharmas that do not cease, wisdom cannot destroy them. First, it directly negates: "Just as salt is salty by nature and causes other things to be salty..." and so forth cites the opponent's established simile. "If the nature of wisdom is cessation and causes dharmas to cease": this cites the opponent's doctrinal statement, and "not so" generally negates it. From "Why..." downward is the explanation. If a dharma does not cease, how could wisdom forcibly cause it to cease?