翻譯名義集 5.31

5.31

此錄字母法門。通言門者，以能通為義。《妙玄》明四種門：一文字為門，如大品四十二字。二觀行為門，《釋論》明修三三昧等。三智慧為門，《法華》云：「其智慧門」。四理為門，《大品》云：「無生法無來無去」。言四十二字者，《補注》頌曰：

This records the Dharma gate of the syllabary (akṣara-mukha). Broadly speaking, it is called a "gate" because its meaning is that of providing passage. The Miaoxuan explains four kinds of gates: First, letters as gates, such as the forty-two letters of the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā. Second, contemplative practice as gates, as the Commentary explains regarding the cultivation of the three samādhis and so forth. Third, wisdom as a gate, as the Lotus states: 'The gate of their wisdom.' Fourth, principle as a gate, as the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā states: 'The unproduced dharma neither comes nor goes.' Regarding the forty-two letters, the Supplementary Notes state in verse: