略論安樂淨土義 1.32

1.32

「不可稱智者，言佛智絕稱謂，非相形待。何以言之？法若是有，必應有知有之智；法若是無，亦應有知無之智。諸法離於有、無，故佛冥諸法，則智絕相待。汝引解、迷為喻，猶是一迷耳，不成迷解。亦如夢中與他解夢，雖云解夢，非是不夢。以知取佛，不曰知佛；以不知取佛，非知佛；以非知、非不知取佛，亦非知佛；以非非知、非非不知取佛，亦非知佛。佛智離此四句，緣之者心行滅，損之者言語斷。以是義故，釋論云：『若人見般若，是則為被縛；若不見般若，是亦為被縛。若人見般若，是則為解脫；若不見般若，是亦為解脫。』此偈中說，不離四句者為縛，離四句者為解脫。汝疑佛智與人不玄絕者，是事不然。

"As for 'ineffable wisdom,' it means that the Buddha's wisdom transcends designations and words, and does not stand in mutual dependence. Why is this said? If phenomena existed, there would necessarily be a wisdom that knows existence; if phenomena did not exist, there would also be a wisdom that knows nonexistence. But all phenomena are free from existence and nonexistence; therefore, when the Buddha is unified with all phenomena, wisdom transcends mutual dependence. When you cite resolution and confusion as an analogy, it remains merely a form of confusion and does not constitute resolved confusion. It is also like someone interpreting a dream for another within a dream: although one speaks of interpreting the dream, it is not not a dream. To apprehend the Buddha through knowing is not called knowing the Buddha; to apprehend the Buddha through not knowing is not knowing the Buddha; to apprehend the Buddha through neither knowing nor not knowing is also not knowing the Buddha; to apprehend the Buddha through not neither knowing nor not not knowing is likewise not knowing the Buddha. The Buddha's wisdom is free from this tetralemma: whoever takes it as an object finds the activities of the mind extinguished, and whoever attempts to diminish it finds spoken words cut off. For this reason, the Da zhidu lun says: 'If one sees prajñā, that is bondage; / if one does not see prajñā, that is also bondage. / If one sees prajñā, that is liberation; / if one does not see prajñā, that is also liberation.' In this verse, it is taught that not being free from the tetralemma is bondage, while being free from the tetralemma is liberation. Your doubt that the Buddha's wisdom is not profoundly transcendent over human beings is incorrect.