新華嚴經論 40.6

40.6

第四遍友云此有童子名善知眾藝，學菩薩字智者，明遍友是師，童子是學者，依教立名。即如此方孔丘門人顏回之流。善財致敬申請所求，童子眾藝云：我得菩薩解脫名善知眾藝。我恒唱持此之字母。唱阿字時，此云無也，入般若波羅蜜門，名菩薩威力入無差別境界，明達一切法空門。是菩薩威力，斷一切障，入無功智，遍法界眾生界故。唱多字時入般若波羅蜜門，名無邊差別門，是明一切諸有是差別智、是普賢行，遍知一切三界六道眾生中法則行解及所宜應化。如是總有四十二般若波羅蜜門為首，名字母，入無量無數般若波羅蜜門。如文自明。

Fourth, Sarvamitra said: 'Here there is a youth named Shilpābhijña (Well-Knowing the Arts) who is learning the bodhisattva's wisdom of phonemes (akṣaramukha).' This clarifies that Sarvamitra is the teacher and the youth is the student, with their names established according to the teachings. This is just like disciples of Confucius in this land, such as Yan Hui and his kind. Sudhana paid homage and stated his request. The youth Shilpābhijña said: 'I have attained the bodhisattva liberation named Well-Knowing the Arts. I constantly chant and uphold this syllabary. When chanting the letter A—which here means non-existence—I enter the prajñāpāramitā gate named the Bodhisattva's Mighty Power Entering the Non-Differentiated Realm, which clearly penetrates the gate of the emptiness of all dharmas. It is the bodhisattva's mighty power that cuts off all obstructions and enters unproduced wisdom, pervading the dharmadhātu and the realm of sentient beings. When chanting the letter Da, I enter the prajñāpāramitā gate named the Boundless Differentiation Gate, which clarifies that all existing things are discriminating wisdom and Samantabhadra's practices, universally knowing the methods, practices, understandings, and appropriate responses among sentient beings in the three realms and six destinies. In this way, there are forty-two prajñāpāramitā gates in all as the head, named the syllabary, entering immeasurable and countless prajñāpāramitā gates.' This is clear in the text itself.