法苑珠林 99.12

99.12

如大集經云。復次舍利弗。菩薩摩訶薩有四依法亦不可盡。何等為四。依義不依語。依智不依識。依了義經不依不了義經。依法不依人。云何依義不依語。語者若入世法而有可說。義者解出世法無文字相。語者若說布施戒忍進禪智慧調伏擁護。義者知施戒忍進禪智慧入於平等。語者稱說生死。義者知生死無性。語者說涅槃味。義者知涅槃無性。語者若說乘隨所安止。義者善知諸乘入一相智門。語者若說諸捨。義者三種清淨。語者說身口意受持淨戒功德威儀。義者了身口意皆無所作而能護持一切淨戒。語者若說忍辱斷除恚怒貢高憍慢。義者了達諸法得無生忍。語者若說勤行一切善根。義者安住精進無有始終。語者若說諸禪解脫三昧三摩跋提。義者知滅盡定。語者悉能聞持一切文字智慧根本。義者知是慧義不可宣說。語者說三十七助道之法。義者正知修行諸助道法能證於果。語者說苦集道諦。義者於滅諦。語者說無明根本乃至生緣老死。義者知無明滅乃至老死滅。語者說助定慧法。義者明解脫智。語者說貪恚癡。義者解不善根即是解脫。語者說障礙法。義者得無礙解脫。語者稱說三寶無量功德。義者三寶功德離欲法性同無為相。語者說從發心至坐道場修集莊嚴菩提功德。義者以一念慧覺一切法。舍利弗。舉要言之。能說八萬四千法聚是名為語。知諸文字不可宣說。是名為義。

As the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra says: 'Furthermore, Śāriputra, the bodhisattva-mahāsattva has four dharmas of reliance that are also inexhaustible. What are the four? Rely on the meaning and not on the words; rely on wisdom and not on consciousness; rely on sūtras of definitive meaning and not on sūtras of provisional meaning; rely on the Dharma and not on the person. What is relying on the meaning and not on the words?