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然但引一邊，不見其二。《大經》云：「有因緣故，亦可得說。」《法華》云：「無數方便，種種因緣，為眾生說」又云：「以方便力故，為五比丘說」。若通若別，皆可得說。《大經》云：「有眼者為盲人說乳。」此指真諦可說。《天王般若》云：「總持無文字，文字顯總持。」此指俗諦可說。又如來常依二諦說法。《淨名》云：「文字性離，即是解脫。」即說是無說。《大經》云：「若知如來常不說法，是即多聞。」此指不說而是說也。《思益》云：「佛及弟子常行二事，若說若默。」《法華》云：「去來坐立，常宣妙法，如注大雨。」又云：「若欲求佛道，常隨多聞人；善知識者是大因緣，所謂化導令得見佛。」《大經》云：「空中雲雷生象牙上華。」何時一向無說？

However, you merely cite one side and fail to see the second. The Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra says: 'Because there are causes and conditions, it can also be spoken.' The Lotus Sutra says: 'With countless expedient means and diverse causes and conditions, I expound it for the sake of sentient beings'; it also says: 'By the power of expedient means, I expounded it for the five monks.' Whether shared or distinctive, all can be spoken. The Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra says: 'One with eyes explains milk to a blind person.' This refers to the ultimate truth being expressible. The Devarājaprajñāpāramitā-sūtra says: 'Dhāraṇī is without written characters, yet written characters manifest dhāraṇī.' This refers to the conventional truth being expressible. Furthermore, the Tathāgata always expounds the Dharma relying on the two truths. The Vimalakīrtinirdeśa says: 'The nature of words being detached is itself liberation.' That is, speaking is non-speaking. The Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra says: 'If one knows that the Tathāgata constantly does not speak the Dharma, this is true broad learning.' This refers to non-speaking being speaking. The Viśeṣacintibrahmaparipṛcchā-sūtra says: 'The Buddha and his disciples constantly practice two things: speaking or remaining silent.' The Lotus Sutra says: 'Coming, going, sitting, or standing, he constantly proclaims the wonderful Dharma like a pouring downpour.' It also says: 'If one wishes to seek the Buddha path, one should constantly follow persons of broad learning; a spiritual friend is a great cause and condition, namely, one who transforms and guides so that one may see the Buddha.' The Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra says: 'Clouds and thunder in the sky produce flowers on elephant tusks.' When was it ever exclusively non-speaking?