維摩經略疏 9.65

9.65

Question: If words are themselves the wordless, then as the previous thirty-one bodhisattvas had words regarding the wordless, are they all the perfect teaching?
Answer: If judged gate by gate as attaining entry into the wordless, this is the intent of the distinct teaching. If considered as the single gate of neither arising nor ceasing being able to encompass the forty-two grounds, that is the intent of the perfect teaching. Although there are only thirty-three people here, in summary they do not go beyond four gates. Just as the Dàzhìdù lùn clarifies the supreme truth siddhānta: although it says 'all are real, all are unreal,' and so forth, these all clarify the supreme truth siddhānta. The four gates here are also like this: although the four gates differ, they all clarify the Middle Way of the gate of non-duality.