摩訶止觀 1.29

1.29

疑者云：「『諸法寂滅相，不可以言宣。』《大經》云：『生生不可說，乃至不生不生不可說。』若通若別，言語道斷，無能說無所說。身子云：『吾聞解脫之中無有言說，故吾於此不知所云。』《淨名》云：『其所說者無說無示，其聽法者無聞無得。』斯人不能說，斯法不可說，而言示人？」

A questioner asks: "'The characteristic of all phenomena is quiescence and extinction; it cannot be expounded in words.' The Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra says: 'Arising from arising is ineffable, and so forth up to non-arising from non-arising is ineffable.' Whether shared or distinctive, the path of words is severed; there is neither one who can speak nor anything that is spoken. Śāriputra said: 'I have heard that within liberation there is no verbal expression, therefore I do not know what to say here.' The Vimalakīrtinirdeśa says: 'What is spoken is without speaking and without showing; those who listen to the Dharma are without hearing and without attaining.' This person cannot speak, and this Dharma cannot be spoken—why then speak to instruct people?"