釋門歸敬儀 1.69

1.69

「二明依義不依語者。語是言說，止是張筌，義為達理化物之道。證解已後，絕慮杜言，法尚應捨，何況非法。故《經》有捨筏之喻，人懷目擊之談，豈不以言詮意表，得意息言，月喻妙指，無宜不曉。今謂得義，乃是言真。行道者常觀常破，常觀依語，常破隨義。謂言隨義，還是誦言。但無始妄習，執見鏗然，靜退詳研，方知此過。不爾奔飛，追聲不及，又可思惟？

“Second, explaining ‘relying on the meaning and not on the phrasing’: phrasing is spoken words, merely the casting of a fish trap; meaning is the way to penetrate the principle and transform living beings. After verification and understanding, thought is cut off and words are halted; even the Dharma should be relinquished, how much more non-Dharma! Therefore, a sūtra has the parable of abandoning the raft, and people cherish the saying about meeting eye to eye; is this not because words express what is beyond them, and when the meaning is grasped, words cease—just as with the parable of the moon and the wondrous finger, which no one should fail to understand? Now, what is called grasping the meaning is precisely speaking of the ultimate. The practitioner of the path constantly contemplates and constantly demolishes: constantly contemplating relies on the phrasing, and constantly demolishing follows the meaning. Saying that words follow the meaning is still reciting words. Yet because of beginningless false habits, attached views are unyielding; only when retreating into stillness to investigate in detail does one come to know this fault. Otherwise, racing along and unable to catch up with the sounds, how could one even reflect?”