大般涅槃經義記 8.121

8.121

下佛答之，文還有二：一翻答初段明具二嚴方能問答一種、二種，於中偏就菩薩答之，「若有菩薩無二莊嚴，不知一、二」反答前問，「具二能知」順答前問；二翻答後段明其一、二深而非淺，於中先翻無一、無二，後翻一二是凡夫相。前中「若言無一、無二，是義不然」牒以直非。「何以」下釋，先徵非意，下對釋之，「若無一、二，云何得說無一、無二」，由有一、二，故得就之說無一、二。若全無者，對何宣說無一、無二？

Below, the Buddha answers him; the text again has two parts: first, answering by overturning the initial section, clarifying that only by possessing the two adornments can one question and answer regarding the single kind and the dual kinds, wherein he answers specifically in terms of the bodhisattva: "If there is a bodhisattva who lacks the two adornments, he does not know the one and the two" inversely answers the previous question, and "possessing the two, he is able to know" directly answers the previous question; second, answering by overturning the latter section, clarifying that the one and the two are profound and not shallow, wherein he first overturns [the claim of] being without oneness and without dualness, and then overturns [the claim that] the one and the two are marks of ordinary beings. In the former, "If one says there is no oneness and no dualness, this meaning is not so" takes up [the claim] to negate it directly. The explanation from "Why is this?" onward first presses the meaning of the negation, and below explains it in response: "If there were no one and no two, how could one say there is no oneness and no dualness?" Because there are the one and the two, one can therefore speak of being without oneness and without dualness with reference to them. If they were entirely non-existent, in contrast to what would one declare there to be no oneness and no dualness?