御注金剛般若波羅蜜經宣演 2.28

2.28

Sūtra: "Subhūti, [...] is neither real nor false." / Exposition: Next, it dispels attachment. The treatise says: "Having spoken these 'true words' and so forth, regarding this, one gives rise to attachment to the nature of verbal expression. In order to dispel this, the sūtra says that in the Dharma that the Tathāgata has fully awakened to and taught, there is neither reality nor falsity. 'Neither real': because the nature of verbal expression does not exist. 'Nor false': because its own-nature does not exist in the manner of verbal expression." The meaning here is: seeing that the Buddha has realized the principle of the two kinds of selflessness and spoken the words of the two truths, one then clings to this verbal signifier, attaching to that dharma as having a definitely real mark; therefore, it now shatters it. Because that dharma which can be spoken of is non-existent, it is called 'neither real'; because the realization of wisdom free from language cannot be named a dharma and yet exists, it is called 'nor false.' The Wei version says, 'the dharma attained and the dharma spoken.' The Zhenguan version has two: that which is realized and that which is spoken; the wisdom of what is contemplated is what is realized, while what is signified by words is what the mind thinks and reflects upon. Here, it generally says 'what is attained'; that is, the attained dharma is named 'this dharma.' The verse of that treatise says: