新華嚴經論 3.23

3.23

已上十家所釋，並依今唐朝藏法師所集。同異各是一家，並是當世英才，智超群品，皆為統賢靈之法將、開佛日之明燈，不可是非加其名，但知仰敬其高旨。只如思智二德位已昇堂，雲公演法雨華亭下，悟靈山於即夕，法眼逾明；登果位於今辰，道齊遐古。只如佛說內外中間之言，遂即入定。後有五百阿羅漢各解此言，佛出定後同問世尊，誰當佛意？佛言：「並非我意。」諸人問佛：「既不當佛意，將無得罪？」佛言：「雖非我意，各順正理，堪為聖教，有福無罪。」況此諸德所說各有典據。

The explanations of the ten masters above are all based on what was collected by Master Zang of the present Tang dynasty. Their similarities and differences each constitute a school, and all of them were the outstanding talents of their age, their wisdom surpassing all sorts of people. All were Dharma generals who commanded the worthy and spiritual, bright lamps that unveiled the Buddha-sun. One cannot apply praise or blame to their names; one can only revere their lofty intentions. Consider how the two virtuous ones, Si and Zhi, had already ascended to the inner hall; Master Yun expounded the Dharma beneath the Flower Rain Pavilion, awakened to the Vulture Peak that very evening, his Dharma eye shining ever brighter; ascending to the fruit stage today, their Dao equals that of remote antiquity. Consider when the Buddha spoke the words concerning the internal, external, and intermediate, and thereupon entered samādhi. Afterward, five hundred arhats each understood these words; after the Buddha emerged from samādhi, they asked the World-Honoured One together, "Who accords with the Buddha's intention?" The Buddha said: "None accord with my intention." The men asked the Buddha: "Since none accord with the Buddha's intention, will there not be fault?" The Buddha said: "Although not my intention, each conforms to correct principle and can serve as sacred teaching; there is merit and no fault." How much more so the expositions of these virtuous masters, which each possess canonical authority.