楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 4.6

4.6

The Buddha told Mahāmati: "The Tathāgata, Arhat, Samyaksaṃbuddha, in relation to such phrases and expressions, is neither effect nor cause. Why is this? Because both entail faults. Mahāmati! If the Tathāgata were an effect, he would be either created or impermanent; because he would be impermanent, all conditioned things would be the Tathāgata—which neither I nor the Buddhas desire. If he were not something created, then because nothing would be attained, skillful means would be empty, identical to a rabbit's horn or the son of a barren woman, because of nonexistence. Mahāmati! If he is neither effect nor cause, then he is neither existent nor nonexistent; if he is neither existent nor nonexistent, then he transcends the catuṣkoṭi. The catuṣkoṭi belongs to worldly verbal discourse. If he transcends the catuṣkoṭi, he does not fall into the catuṣkoṭi; and because he does not fall into the catuṣkoṭi, he is grasped by the wise. The meaning of the phrases concerning all Tathāgatas is also like this; the wise should know it."