涅槃經遊意 1.169

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故肇師云：「涅槃之為道也，寂寥虛廣，不可形名得；微妙無相，不可有心知。言之者違其真，知之者反其愚。有之者乖其性，無之者傷其軀。斯乃希夷之境，太玄之鄉，而以有無題𮤂，標其方域。而語神通者，不亦邈哉。」涅槃之體乃其如此，豈可以凡心推度，或言在二諦內，或言在二諦外耶？

Therefore Master Zhao states: "As for the way of nirvāṇa, it is silent, vast, and empty, unattainable by shape or name; subtle and signless, unknowable by a deliberate mind. Those who speak of it violate its reality; those who claim to know it turn back to folly. Those who grasp it as existent run contrary to its nature; those who grasp it as nonexistent harm its embodiment. This is indeed the realm of the invisible and inaudible, the domain of the Great Mystery, yet people apply designations of existence and nonexistence to demarcate its bounds. To speak of spiritual penetrations in this regard—is that not far removed?" Such being the essence of nirvāṇa, how could one deduce it with an ordinary mind, saying either that it is within the two truths or outside the two truths?