楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 4.4

4.4

At that time, the Bodhisattva Mahāmati addressed the Buddha: "World-Honoured One! We only pray that you will explain the Samyaksaṃbuddha, so that I and the other bodhisattva-mahāsattvas may become skilled in the Tathāgata's svabhāva of self-awakening and awakening others." The Buddha told Mahāmati: "Ask what you wish to ask; I shall explain for you according to your questions." Mahāmati addressed the Buddha: "World-Honoured One! Is the Tathāgata, Arhat, Samyaksaṃbuddha made, or is he unmade? Is he an effect, or is he a cause? Is he a characteristic, or is he that which is characterized? Is he the spoken, or is he that which is spoken of? Is he awakening, or is he that which is awakened? Are such phrases and expressions different or not different?"