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注維摩詰經 6.236

注維摩詰經 6.236

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Classical Chinese

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肇曰:言久於前,責實於後,故莫知所答也。生曰:既言解脫無久,跡為實無也。解脫苟以無為實者,言亦實有也。有無相乖,豈可得以言解脫?是以託用斯默,以明解脫非實無矣。解脫既非實無,然後止言,乃可得必同之矣。

[Seng]zhao says: Having spoken of length previously and being pressed on the reality afterward, he did not know how to answer. [Dao]sheng says: Having said that liberation has no duration, its trace is real non-existence. If liberation takes non-existence as real, the statement also has real existence. Existence and non-existence conflict with each other; how could liberation be expressed in words? Therefore, he resorted to this silence to make clear that liberation is not real non-existence. Since liberation is not real non-existence, only then can dwelling and words necessarily be identified with it.

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