涅槃經遊意 1.11

1.11

前諸佛菩薩為引此妄情假說涅槃，為出處方便空假立名。名無得物，物無應名。名物既爾，萬法安立。所以生死涅槃本無二相，但為化此虛妄，如度虛空，實無眾生得滅度者，如此了悟名得涅槃，實無涅槃可得。

The past Buddhas and bodhisattvas, in order to guide these deluded sentiments, provisionally spoke of nirvāṇa, emptily and provisionally establishing names as skillful means for emerging [from defilement]. Names do not capture things, and things do not correspond to names. Since names and things are like this, the myriad dharmas are established. Therefore, saṃsāra and nirvāṇa fundamentally lack two characteristics; it is only to transform these false delusions—just like ferrying across empty space—that in reality no sentient beings attain extinction. Comprehending thus is called attaining nirvāṇa, yet in reality there is no nirvāṇa to be attained.