金剛經纂要刊定記 4.156

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4.156

Regarding "sentences signify distinctions": because names only signify the intrinsic nature of dharmas—as when one says "form," it excludes non-mind, etc., and when one says "mind," it excludes non-form, etc.—yet both form and mind have many varieties, and it does not clarify what kind of form or mind this is. Sentences can differentiate the true mind and false mind, visible color and shape, etc.; hence it is said that sentences signify distinctions.

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金剛經纂要刊定記 — Classical Chinese