四教義 11.24

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七明妙覺地者，究竟解脫，無上佛地，故言無所斷者，名無上士。此即是三德不縱不橫，究竟後心大涅槃也。是大涅槃名諸佛法界，竪深橫闊，能用二十五三昧普化眾生，隱顯十番利物，究竟周普。譬如大樹，其根若深入，枝條亦大。若實相智慧窮源盡性，化用之功則彌滿法界，無方大用究竟圓極也。故《大智度論》云：「智度大海佛從來，智度深海佛窮底」也。《大品經》云：「過『荼』無字可說。」《涅槃經》云：「不生不生不可說」也。若作如此而辨位者，皆是寂滅、真如、平等法界，不思議無次位之次位也。

Seventh, explaining the stage of marvelous enlightenment: Ultimate liberation, the unsurpassable Buddha stage; hence it is said that having nothing left to sever is named the 'unsurpassable person'. This is precisely the three virtues neither sequential nor horizontal, the ultimate final mind of great nirvāṇa. This great nirvāṇa is called the dharmadhātu of all Buddhas, vertically deep and horizontally vast, able to use the twenty-five samādhis to universally transform sentient beings, secretly and manifestly benefiting beings through ten rounds, ultimately all-pervasive. Just like a great tree: if its roots run deep, its branches are also large. If the wisdom of the true mark reaches the source and exhausts the nature, the efficacy of its transformative functions will pervade the dharmadhātu, and its great, boundless function will be ultimately, perfectly consummate. Thus the Dà zhìdù lùn says: "The Buddha comes from the great ocean of the perfection of wisdom; the Buddha reaches the bottom of the deep ocean of the perfection of wisdom." The Dàpǐn jīng says: "Beyond 'ḍha', there are no syllables to be spoken." The Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: "Non-arising, non-arising is ineffable." If stages are distinguished in this manner, they are all the extinguished stillness, suchness, and equal dharmadhātu—the inconceivable stage of stagelessness.