大方廣佛華嚴經入法界品四十二字觀門 1.46

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「又善男子！如是字門，是能悟入法空邊際。除如是字，表諸法空更不可得。何以故？如是字義不可宣說、不可顯示、不可執取、不可書持、不可觀察，離諸相故。善男子！譬如虛空是一切物所歸趣處，此諸字門亦復如是，諸法空義皆入此門方得顯了。若菩薩摩訶薩於如是入諸字門得善巧智，於諸言音所詮所表皆無罣礙，於一切法平等空性盡能證持，於眾言音咸得善巧。若菩薩摩訶薩能聽如是入諸字門，印阿（上）字印，聞已受持、讀誦通利、為他解說，不貪名利，由此因緣得二十種殊勝功德。何等二十？謂得強憶念；得勝慚愧；得堅固力；得法旨趣；得增上覺；得殊勝慧；得無礙辯；得總持門；得無疑惑；得違順語不生恚愛；得無高下平等而住；得於有情言音善巧；得蘊善巧、處善巧、界善巧；得緣起善巧、因善巧、緣善巧、法善巧；得根勝劣智善巧、他心智善巧；得觀星曆善巧；得天耳智善巧、宿住隨念智善巧、神境智善巧、死生智善巧；得漏盡智善巧；得說處非處智善巧；得往來等威儀路善巧。是為得二十種殊勝功德。善男子！我唯知此入諸解脫根本字智。如諸菩薩摩訶薩能於一切世間善巧之法，以智通達到於彼岸。而我云何能知能說彼功德行？」時善財童子頭面敬禮眾藝之足，遶無數匝，戀仰而去。

"Furthermore, good son, such letter-doors are able to lead one to awaken and enter into the limits of the emptiness of dharmas. Apart from such letters, there is no other way to express the emptiness of all dharmas. Why is this? The meanings of such letters cannot be spoken, cannot be demonstrated, cannot be grasped, cannot be written down, and cannot be observed, for they are free from all signs. Good son, just as empty space is that toward which all things converge, so too are these letter-doors: the meaning of the emptiness of all dharmas enters into these doors and only then becomes clearly revealed. If a bodhisattva-mahāsattva attains skillful wisdom regarding such entrance into these letter-doors, they will be unobstructed in all that is expressed and signified by vocal sounds; they will be fully able to realize and preserve the equal emptiness of all dharmas, and will attain skill in all vocal sounds. If a bodhisattva-mahāsattva can hear such entrance into the letter-doors, seal them with the seal of the letter A, and having heard them, receives and upholds them, reads and recites them fluently, and explains them to others without greed for fame or profit, by this causal condition they will attain twenty kinds of extraordinary merit. What are the twenty? They are: attaining powerful memory; attaining superior modesty and shame; attaining firm strength; attaining the purport of the Dharma; attaining superior awakening; attaining extraordinary wisdom; attaining unimpeded eloquence; attaining the doors of dhāraṇī; attaining freedom from doubt; attaining freedom from anger or love toward contrary or agreeable words; attaining equality without high or low; attaining skillfulness in the vocal sounds of sentient beings; attaining skillfulness in the aggregates, skillfulness in the sense bases, and skillfulness in the elements; attaining skillfulness in dependent origination, skillfulness in causes, skillfulness in conditions, and skillfulness in dharmas; attaining skillfulness in the knowledge of the sharp and dull faculties of others, and skillfulness in the knowledge of others' minds; attaining skillfulness in observing the stars and calendar; attaining skillfulness in the knowledge of the divine ear, skillfulness in the knowledge recollecting past abodes, skillfulness in the knowledge of psychic powers, and skillfulness in the knowledge of death and rebirth; attaining skillfulness in the knowledge of the exhaustion of taints; attaining skillfulness in the knowledge explaining the possible and impossible; and attaining skillfulness in the deportment of coming and going. These are the twenty kinds of extraordinary merit attained. Good son! I only know this wisdom of the fundamental letters entering into the liberations. As for how all bodhisattva-mahāsattvas are able to attain wisdom reaching the other shore with regard to all worldly skillful dharmas—how could I know or speak of their meritorious practices?" At that time, the youth Sudhana bowed his head and face in reverence at the feet of Śilpābhijña, circumambulated him countless times, and departed, gazing back with longing and devotion.