法苑珠林 99.12

99.12

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?