涅槃經遊意 1.224

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且破第一義：若定本有真神則同僧佉；又若因中已有，則同賣乳索酪價、貨草馬索駒直也；又真神力大，何意住煩惱中而不能排煩惱出，而待修道斷惑乃得出耶？

First, refuting the first meaning: if one determines that there is an originally existent true spirit, it is identical to the Sāṃkhya; furthermore, if it already exists within the cause, it is like selling milk and demanding the price of curd, or selling a mare and demanding the value of a foal; moreover, the true spirit possesses great power, so why would it abide among afflictions unable to expel them and emerge, waiting instead to cultivate the path and sever delusions before it can emerge?