[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) › 9.101 # 維摩經略疏 9.101 維摩經略疏 9.101 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.101) 二、文殊說不二中為二：一諸菩薩問、二文殊說。若有示有說，即起心識，波浪則動。若不示不說，心識不起，離於名字入無言說道。寂然無聲說，是為入不二門。故云「心起想即癡，無想即泥洹。」料簡上別圓不二之門，如前（云云）。若作五門對機不同者，菩薩達罪福性無縛無脫，此明性義，即是法性。法性常住無有變易，非佛天人龍神修羅所作，終無改變，即是有門入不二法。雖說有門，若但明性即是有門，若明性空即是空門，隨語所詮，細尋取意。若如妙臂所說，聲聞心菩薩心如空如幻，此是空門。如電天說，無明性即是明，明是色法，豈非是有？又云明亦不可取，豈非亦無？又如《涅槃》無明明者亦是色法，即有義。又言即畢竟空，空即無義。當知是亦空亦有門。法自在說，法本不生今則無滅，是非空非有門。如此雙非門多，三門少。雖少，凡有四門，但尋所詮而判門義。諸菩薩以四門隨四悉檀逗機而說，應得悟者皆入法忍。其未悟者，文殊即以無言說藏第五不可說門逗之，故此中具足五門義也。 > Second, Mañjuśrī's explanation of nonduality consists of two parts: first, the questions of the bodhisattvas; second, Mañjuśrī's explanation. If there is showing and explaining, then consciousness arises and waves are set in motion. If there is neither showing nor explaining, consciousness does not arise, and departing from names and characters, one enters the path beyond verbal explanation. Quiescent and without sound or explanation: this is entering the gate of nonduality. Thus it is said: "When the mind gives rise to conception, that is ignorance; having no conception is nirvāṇa." The analysis of the Distinct and Perfect gates of nonduality above is as previously explained (and so forth). If one constructs five gates corresponding to different capacities: the bodhisattva penetrates the nature of sins and merits as being without bondage and without liberation; this clarifies the meaning of "nature," which is Dharmatā. Dharmatā is eternally abiding and without change, not made by buddhas, devas, humans, nāgas, spirits, or asuras, and ultimately undergoes no alteration; this is entering the Dharma of nonduality through the gate of existence. Although it is called the gate of existence: if it only clarifies the nature, it is the gate of existence; if it clarifies the emptiness of the nature, it is the gate of emptiness. One should follow what the words convey and search carefully for their meaning. As in what was spoken by Subāhu, the mind of the śrāvaka and the mind of the bodhisattva are like empty space, like an illusion; this is the gate of emptiness. As the goddess Vidyāprabhā said, the nature of ignorance is itself illumination; illumination is physical form—how could it not be existence? It also says that illumination cannot be grasped either—how could it not also be non-existence? Again, as in the Nirvāṇa Sūtra, that ignorance is illumination is also physical form, which is the meaning of existence. It also says that it is ultimate emptiness, and emptiness is the meaning of non-existence. One should know that this is the gate of both emptiness and existence. Dharmavéśitva said that dharmas are fundamentally unborn and now are without cessation; this is the gate of neither emptiness nor existence. Gates of this double negation are many, while the other three gates are few. Though few, there are altogether four gates; one merely searches what is conveyed to determine the meaning of the gates. The bodhisattvas used the four gates in accordance with the four siddhāntas to preach to matching capacities; those who were meant to awaken all entered the forbearance of dharmas. For those who had not yet awakened, Mañjuśrī then used the fifth, ineffable gate—the repository beyond verbal explanation—to meet their capacities; therefore, the meanings of the five gates are fully present here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.100) - [Next: 9.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.102) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778~en-mt.9.101) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.101) · Pramāṇa