維摩經略疏 8.7

8.7

Question: Previously, the conventional was refuted by the ultimate, and next, the ultimate was refuted by the middle to attain the name 'true emptiness'; now, by what is the middle refuted to attain the name 'middle emptiness'? Answer: Non-arising and non-arising is ineffable; its nature itself is empty. Furthermore, to refute those who have not yet realized the middle and falsely grasp at proliferation, the emptiness of the Middle Way is spoken. Furthermore, to refute attachment to phenomena, middle emptiness is spoken. There is no other distinct truth or principle that refutes the middle. If there were another, that principle would further require a principle to come and refute it, leading to the fault of infinite regress.