瑜伽師地論略纂 3.22

3.22

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.