[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) › [楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789) › 4.32 # 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 4.32 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 4.32 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.32) 此段重示迷名失肯。義如言說等，夫義有能詮文字之義、有所詮道理之義，癡人迷於道理，言文字之義如所言說，謂義之所說無有異也。既又徵釋，謂義無身故，身即體也，言能詮文字之義更無有體，蓋不知所詮道理之義出於言說之外，唯止於言說而已。由彼惡見燒滅正智，不解如來言教，言於生滅、義無生滅。然一切言說墮於文字，義則不墮。言離性非性者，是離有無之過，既離是過，則無受生亦無體相，是為言外之旨也。如來不說墮文字法者，謂文字性離，即是解脫，不可以有無求之，是則如來非不說法，若有離文字而解者，即為說之。 > This section once again shows how being deluded about names leads to losing the essential point. Regarding 'The meaning is like speech,' and so forth: now, 'meaning' has the meaning of expressive words and the meaning of expressed principle. Deluded people are confused about principle, asserting that the meaning of words is identical to what is spoken, claiming that there is no difference in what the meaning expresses. \[The sūtra\] then proceeds to query and explain, stating that 'the meaning has no body.' 'Body' is substance; this means that the meaning of expressive words has no separate substance, for they do not understand that the meaning of expressed principle transcends speech, thinking it is solely limited to speech. Because their pernicious views burn away right knowledge, they fail to understand the Tathāgata's verbal teachings, which state that speech is subject to arising and cessation while meaning is free from arising and cessation. However, all speech falls into letters, while meaning does not. The phrase 'free from existence and nonexistence' refers to being free from the errors of existence and nonexistence; having become free from these errors, it has no reception of birth and no substantial marks. This is the intention beyond words. 'The Tathāgata does not teach dharmas that fall into letters' means that the nature of letters is detached, which is precisely liberation; one cannot seek it in existence or nonexistence. Thus it is not that the Tathāgata does not preach the Dharma; if there are those who understand by leaving letters behind, he preaches it for them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.31) - [Next: 4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.33) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789~en-mt.4.32) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [འཕགས་པ་ལང་ཀར་གཤེགས་པའི་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.lankavatara*bo.6.11) — Classical Tibetan - [འཕགས་པ་ལང་ཀར་གཤེགས་པ་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་མདོ་ལས་སངས་རྒྱས་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་གསུང་གི་སྙིང་པོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་ལེའུ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.lankavatara*bo-d108.7.8) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.32) · Pramāṇa