“Oh, good man! You say that if beings possess the Buddha Nature, there would be no need of causal relations, since the case is analogous to that of milk and butter. But this is not so. Why not? This is like saying that five causal relations call forth fresh butter. Know that the case with the Buddha Nature is the same. For example, in several stones we find gold, silver, copper, and iron. All are (composed) of the four great elements. Each has a name and quality. And the place where it comes from is not the same. The emergence [i.e., the origination of such metals] always depends on the total sum of various causal relations, virtues of beings, (knowledge of) metallurgy, and human skill. The matter stands thus. Because of this, we have to know that originally there is no nature of gold. The Buddha Nature of beings is not Buddha. Through the conjoint workings of all the virtues and causal relations, one sees the Buddha Nature and becomes the Buddha. It is not correct to say: 'If all beings possess the Buddha Nature, why do you not see it '? Why not? Because all causal relations are not yet in conjunction. Oh, good man! For this reason, I said that of the two causes, the direct cause and the condition, the direct cause is the Buddha Nature, and that the condition is the mind that aspires to Bodhi. Through these two causes, one attains the unsurpassed Bodhi, as in the case of a stone from which the gold comes forth.”
Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 34, on Bodhisattva Lion's Roar 2.
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