大般涅槃經集解 20.24

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案。僧亮曰：不應有聖默然也。《思益》以諸法空故，名聖默然，此無對句也。僧宗曰：若生死有我者，及撿問之時，何故默然耶？寶亮曰：不應如犢子道人之所計也。如此諸句，勸厲行人應當推理而會中道。

Sengliang comments: There should not be a noble silence. In the Viśeṣacintā-[brahma-paripṛcchā-sūtra], because all dharmas are empty, it is called noble silence; here there is no corresponding antithesis. Sengzong says: If there were a self in saṃsāra, when it was investigated and questioned, why was there silence? Baoliang says: One should not grasp it as the Vātsīputrīya renunciants do. Statements such as these encourage practitioners to infer the principle and thereby accord with the Middle Way.