[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [維摩經略疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778) › 8.61 # 維摩經略疏 8.61 維摩經略疏 8.61 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.61) 三、天用不思議斥身子等住思議者。「天曰至解脫相」，二乘於文字生死之法不得自在，捨入涅槃。今明文字相離，則生死不礙涅槃，如芥子不礙須彌，即是不思議解脫之相。四、解釋者。「所以至兩間」，名本名體，體即是法。法若內外兩間，名可如是。今求體法及名皆不可得，俱無內外兩間，即是解脫。豈得離此方名解脫？又解：諸法無體但有名字，名不可得即解脫相，此即異思議解脫。明二脫相別，意在此也。五、結會者，「是故至解脫相」。若不離者，何但文字是解脫，二十五有皆是解脫。故天自釋言「所以者何？一切諸法是解脫相。」 > Third, the goddess uses the inconceivable to rebuke Śāriputra and the others for abiding in the conceivable. 'The goddess said' to 'characteristics of liberation': the two vehicles do not have sovereign mastery over the phenomena of letters and saṃsāra, and abandon them to enter nirvāṇa. Now it is explained that when the characteristic of letters is separated, saṃsāra does not obstruct nirvāṇa, just as a mustard seed does not obstruct Mount Sumeru; this is precisely the characteristic of inconceivable liberation. Fourth, the explanation: from 'Wherefore' to 'between the two.' A name originally names an essence, and the essence is the dharma. If a dharma were internal, external, or between the two, a name could be like that. Now, seeking the essential dharma and the name, neither can be found; both lack internal, external, or between the two—this is precisely liberation. How could one only call it liberation upon leaving this behind? Another explanation: all dharmas have no essence but only names; that names cannot be found is the characteristic of liberation, which differs from conceivable liberation. The intention here is to clarify the difference between the two liberations. Fifth, the concluding integration: from 'Therefore' to 'characteristic of liberation.' If they are not separate, why would only letters be liberation? The twenty-five states of existence are all liberation. Thus the goddess herself explains: 'Why is that? All dharmas are characteristics of liberation.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.60) - [Next: 8.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.62) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778~en-mt.8.61) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [淨名經集解關中疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.128) — Classical Chinese - [維摩詰所說經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.vimalakirtinirdesa*zh-kumarajiva.2.99) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.61) · Pramāṇa