涅槃經遊意 1.129

1.129

難第一家：真諦涅槃皆不絕則違經文。經云：「涅槃非名，強為之名。」又云：「非名非相，非待非不待。」云何言不絕耶？若言涅槃無生死之名為絕者，亦應生死無涅槃名，生死亦絕。若互無，為互絕者；亦應互無，應互妙。不可互妙耶！互絕耶！又肇師依《涅槃論》明涅槃無名，云何涅槃不絕？斯則乖關河舊說，復違涅槃正文也。

Refuting the first school: to say that both ultimate truth and nirvāṇa do not transcend contradicts the sūtra text. The sūtra says: 'Nirvāṇa is not a name; one forcibly makes a name for it.' It also says: 'It is neither name nor mark, neither relative nor non-relative.' How can you say they do not transcend? If you say that nirvāṇa lacking the names of saṃsāra constitutes transcendence, then saṃsāra should also lack the name of nirvāṇa, and saṃsāra would also transcend. If mutual absence constitutes mutual transcendence, then mutual absence should also constitute mutual wonder. Can there be mutual wonder? Mutual transcendence?! Furthermore, Master Zhao, relying on the *Nirvāṇa Treatise*, clarifies that nirvāṇa is nameless; how could nirvāṇa not transcend? This, then, violates the old teachings of Guanhe and also contradicts the authentic text of the *Nirvāṇa Sūtra*.