御注金剛般若波羅蜜經宣演 2.231

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Sūtra: By not grasping at marks, unmoving like suchness. Exposition: This is the answer. According to other sūtra recensions it says: 'Yet it is not called speaking; this is called speaking.' The Zhenguan [recension] says: 'Just as not proclaiming and explaining it for others is called proclaiming and explaining it for others.' This sūtra does not conclude with [that formula]; 'not grasping at marks' is the meaning of 'not proclaiming' in the other recensions. It further adds 'unmoving like suchness' to explain the reason for this. The treatise says: 'What meaning does this have? It demonstrates that because it cannot be spoken, it is not explained. What nature of speech does that dharma possess? One should explain it in this way. If it were different from this, it would be a defiled exposition, because of perverse meanings. Moreover, when speaking in this way, one does not seek faith, respect, and so on; it is also teaching the Dharma without defilement.' Exposition: First, because there is no nature that can be spoken, it is called 'not explaining'. Second, because one does not seek faith, respect, and so on, it is an uncorrupted teaching, and thus also called 'not speaking'. That treatise's verse says: