金剛般若經旨贊 1.80

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經。如來所說至非非法　贊曰。次下釋成。於中有二。初依徵釋。後轉徵釋。此初也。分別性非有故非法。法無我性真實。故非非法。既所說法。離有無相。非法非非法。故說者不可以言顯示法非法相。聽者不可如言執取法非法相。故前半頌。顯此義云。說法不二取無說離言相。此即顯說內證之法。不可取說非法非非法。以成於前無得說也。

Sūtra: "[The Dharma] expounded by the Tathāgata [can neither be grasped nor expounded; it is neither dharma] nor non-dharma."

Commentary: Next below is the explanation. Within it are two parts: first, the explanation following the questioning; later, the further questioning and explanation. This is the first. Because the imagined nature is non-existent, it is "not dharma"; because the nature of the selflessness of dharmas is real, it is "not non-dharma." Since the Dharma expounded is free from the marks of existence and non-existence, being neither dharma nor non-dharma, the speaker cannot by means of words reveal the marks of dharma and non-dharma, and the listener cannot according to words grasp at the marks of dharma and non-dharma. Therefore, the first half of the verse reveals this meaning, saying: "Expounding Dharma does not involve dual grasping; / Without expounding, it is free from the marks of words." This reveals that the Dharma of inner realization cannot be grasped or expounded as dharma or non-dharma, so as to establish the preceding [point of] having no attainment or expounding.