[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) › 4.34 # 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 4.34 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 4.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.34) 若有不達如來說即無說，謂說墮文字法者，則為謗佛謗法，故云此則妄說。既又告大慧云「我及諸佛菩薩未嘗說一字答一字。」蓋離文字性故也。非不饒益義說者，謂非不隨宜演說饒益眾生。然說即無說，若謂有說者，凡愚之妄想分別耳。據理絕言，被緣可說，說即成教。若有緣不說，則教法不立。教若不立，則大小乘機無修證之分，如是則孰為能度、孰為所度而建立機教哉！ > If anyone fails to comprehend that the Tathāgata's speaking is itself non-speaking, and claims that he teaches dharmas that fall into letters, they are slandering the Buddha and slandering the Dharma; hence it says, 'this is false speech.' \[The Buddha\] then tells Mahāmati: 'I, as well as the Buddhas and bodhisattvas, have never spoken a single word nor answered with a single word.' This is because it is free from the nature of letters. 'Not without expounding meaning to benefit \[beings\]' means that he does not fail to expound in accordance with appropriateness to benefit sentient beings. Yet speaking is itself non-speaking; if one says that there is speaking, it is merely the vikalpa and discrimination of ordinary fools. Basing on principle, words are cut off; adapting to conditions, it can be spoken, and speaking becomes the teaching. If there are conditions and one does not speak, the doctrine of the teachings will not be established. If the teachings are not established, then practitioners of the Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna will have no share in cultivation and realization; in such a case, who would be the deliverer, and who would be the delivered, so that capacity and teaching could be established?! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.33) - [Next: 4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.35) - [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.4.34) — 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.6.12) — 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.1789.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.34) · Pramāṇa