法界次第初門 1.73

1.73

今辨法界初門，先從名、色而始者，至論諸法本原清淨、絕名離相，尚非是一，何曾有二？不二而辨其二者，以行者初受一期妄報，歌羅邏時但有名、色二法。當知名、色即是一切世間、出世間法之根本，能生一切法、普攝一切法，即是一切法。若諸大聖分別說一切法門，皆約名、色而分別之，無有一法出於名、色。故《智度論》偈云：

Now, in elucidating the introductory gates to the dharmadhātu, the reason we begin first with nāma and rūpa is that, when discussing fundamentally the ultimate source of all dharmas, it is pure, beyond name, and free from characteristics; it is not even one, so how could there ever be two? Elucidating two where there is non-duality is because, when a practitioner initially receives a single period of delusive retribution, at the time of the kalala there are only the two dharmas of nāma and rūpa. One should know that nāma and rūpa are the root of all mundane and supramundane dharmas; they can produce all dharmas, universally encompass all dharmas, and are all dharmas. When the great sages distinctly explain all Dharma gates, they all distinguish them in terms of nāma and rūpa; not a single dharma falls outside of nāma and rūpa. Therefore, a verse in the Dazhidu lun states: