維摩義記 4.70

4.70

Question: How do deluded conception, provisional designation, and verbal explanation differ, such that they are separately spoken of as being separated from? The sentiment of deluded grasping is spoken of as deluded conception. Applying names to characteristics to designate dharmas is spoken of as provisional designation. Uttering words based on these to explain dharmas is called verbal explanation. Being originally absent in true reality is called separation; furthermore, the Buddha's eliminating and abandoning them is also called separation. In the Bodhisattvabhūmi, the explanation of the real meaning is also free from these three.