淨名玄論 1.60

1.60

Question: What serves as proof that nonduality is itself the gate? Answer: Such examples are very numerous. As with the Dharma gate of the dharmadhātu: one cannot enter the dharmadhātu from non-dharmadhātu, nor can one further enter neither dharmadhātu nor non-dharmadhātu from the dharmadhātu; hence the dharmadhātu is itself the gate. Question: Why can one not further enter neither dharmadhātu nor non-dharmadhātu from the dharmadhātu? Answer: The sūtra states, "vast as the dharmadhātu," praising the dharmadhātu as consummate and ultimate; hence there is nothing further to enter. Question: How does the dharmadhātu differ from nonduality? Answer: They are the same single path, differing only in name. How is this known? The sūtra states: "The inexhaustible, equal, and wondrous dharmadhātu completely fills the Tathāgata's body." The equality of the dharmadhātu is precisely nonduality. Nonduality is vast and contains no dharma that is not included; that is precisely the dharmadhātu.