維摩經玄疏 5.107

5.107

答曰：不思議法性，猶如虛空，無念、無思，湛然常寂；入一切諸法，悉皆通達顯現，即是不共不思議也。不與一切通教、三藏教三乘，及諸凡夫共也。故《涅槃經》云：「澄渟清淨，即真解脫。」《法華經》云：「是法非思量、分別之所能解。」《般舟三昧經》云：「有心不知心，心者不見心。心起想即癡，無想即泥洹。」《大智論》云：「若分別憶想，即是魔羅網；不動不分別，是則為法印。」此經云：「若於佛法有所分別者，名不如法。」《華嚴經》云：「究竟離虛妄，無染如虛空。」故知一切思量、分別、憶想畢竟不起，名不思議，故《涅槃經》云：「待水澄清，珠相自現者，即不思議佛性理顯。」不思議佛性顯，即是不思議解脫也。

Answer: The inconceivable dharma-nature is like empty space: free of thoughts and free of ideation, serenely ever quiescent; penetrating all dharmas, it thoroughly reaches and manifests everywhere—this is the unshared inconceivable. It is not shared with any of the three vehicles of the shared teaching or the Tripiṭaka teaching, nor with ordinary persons. Therefore the Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: 'Pure and limpid—this is true liberation.' The Lotus Sūtra says: 'This Dharma cannot be understood through deliberation or discrimination.' The Pratyutpanna Samādhi Sūtra says: 'Possessing mind, one does not know mind; mind does not see mind. When the mind gives rise to notions, that is delusion; when there are no notions, that is nirvāṇa.' The Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa says: 'If one discriminates and recollects, that is the snare of Māra; being unmoving and without discrimination, this is the seal of the Dharma.' This sūtra says: 'If one makes discriminations regarding the Buddha-Dharma, this is called not conforming to the Dharma.' The Avataṃsaka Sūtra says: 'Ultimately free from delusion, unblemished like empty space.' Thus we know that when all deliberation, discrimination, and recollection completely cease to arise, it is called inconceivable. Therefore the Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: 'Waiting until the water clears, the appearance of the jewel manifests of itself'—that is, the principle of inconceivable buddha-nature becomes manifest. When inconceivable buddha-nature manifests, that is inconceivable liberation.