注維摩詰經 6.232

6.232

肇曰：解脫之道無形無相，逆之不見其首、尋之不見其後，眇莾無朕，謂之解脫。若止此猶解脫久近不可知者，乃大久也。生曰：舍利弗前問意雖云止室，而語交在久。於不達者取之，便謂向答是矣。苟答其語，則云如舍利弗解脫來久也。今舍利弗解脫來實久，止室得不久乎？止室既已有久，不復得同解脫也，是以不得不以久為問焉。

[Seng]zhao says: The path of liberation has neither form nor characteristics; trace it backward and one cannot see its beginning; search forward and one cannot see its end; it is boundless without a trace, and this is called liberation. If dwelling here is like liberation where long or short duration cannot be known, then it is exceedingly long. [Dao]sheng says: Although Śāriputra's previous question referred to dwelling in the room, the point of the statement was on duration. To someone who does not comprehend, they would assume the previous answer was correct. If answering his statement, it means: "It is like Śāriputra's having been liberated for a long time." Now that Śāriputra has indeed been liberated for a long time, could dwelling in the room not be for a long time? Since dwelling in the room has a long duration, it can no longer be identical to liberation; therefore, he had to ask about its duration.