維摩經玄疏 1.150

1.150

答曰：身子是「聲聞聖默然」，「聲聞聖默然」者，即是思議解脫不可說相，是故身子默然不說也；以思議故，是以被訶。若淨名默然，即是不思議；不思議解脫故，為文殊所歎。

Answer: Śāriputra's is the 'noble silence of a śrāvaka.' The 'noble silence of a śrāvaka' is the ineffable mark of conceivable liberation; therefore Śāriputra was silent and did not speak. Because it is conceivable, he was scolded. In Vimalakīrti's silence, it is inconceivable; because it is inconceivable liberation, it was praised by Mañjuśrī.