瑜伽師地論略纂 3.22

3.22

結牒彼言「性若是死，不可顯了」等者，有相法中，若無彼性，不可顯了，如角中乳、水中酪等；若有彼性，方可顯了，如乳中酪、鑛中金。不遮有無性，但遮果住因。

Concluding by restating their words, "If its nature is dead, it cannot be manifested," and so forth: among phenomena possessing characteristics, if they lack that nature, they cannot be manifested, like milk in a horn or curd in water; only if they have that nature can they be manifested, like curd in milk or gold in ore. We do not deny the existence or non-existence of a nature; we only refute that the effect resides within the cause.