金剛般若經旨贊 2.64

2.64

經。須菩提至實無虛　贊曰。此遣執著也。聞前所說真語等故。雖生信受而名為得如言執故。返成其失。顯佛所說。雖無虛妄。而亦不可如言執取。為遮顯此說無實等。謂言說者。但是假詮法本離言言非是法。但是隨順彼證實智。如言可取法非有故無實。離言智證法不無故無虛。法既離言言非法故無實。而能隨順得證智故無虛。論依此義而作頌云。

Sūtra: “Subhūti … is neither real nor unreal.” Commentary: This is clearing away grasping. Having heard what was previously taught—the true words and so forth—although they give rise to faith and acceptance, it is termed grasping because they cling to the words; this conversely becomes a fault. This reveals that although what the Buddha has spoken is without falsehood, one cannot grasp it according to the words either. To prevent and clarify this, he speaks of “neither real” and so forth. That is, verbal expressions are merely provisional designations; the Dharma is fundamentally free from words, and words are not the Dharma. They merely accord with that realization of true wisdom: because the Dharma that could be grasped according to words is non-existent, it is “neither real”; because the Dharma realized by the wisdom transcending words is not non-existent, it is “nor unreal.” Since the Dharma is free from words, words are not the Dharma; thus it is “neither real.” Yet because it can accord with and attain the wisdom of realization, it is “nor unreal.” Based on this meaning, the treatise provides a verse, saying: