金剛般若經旨贊 2.16

2.16

Sūtra: 'Subhūti [said to the Buddha: "No, World-Honoured One, the Tathāgata has] nothing spoken."' Praise says: This is the answer. Not only is prajñā nothing spoken, there is also no other dharma that is spoken by the Buddha, because the substance of all dharmas is equal, being none other than the ultimate truth of prajñā. Therefore, all dharmas are also nothing spoken. This equal principle is equally realized by all Buddhas, and spoken just as it is realized; they also expound prajñā. Since it is not a dharma spoken solely by this Buddha, it is also said that the Tathāgata has nothing spoken. Because they equally realize and speak it, the Dharma is venerable. The merit of giving is not like this and cannot be compared to it. For this reason, the second line of the previous verse says: 'Through habituation one realizes the great substance.' Through habituating prajñā, one accomplishes the great substance, equally realizing and equally speaking it, and its merit is superior. However, the *Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra* gives two meanings for the Buddha not expounding the Dharma: first, the internally realized dharma is free from verbal expression; second, the fundamentally abiding dharma is shared equally by all Buddhas. Since there are these two meanings, the two treatises each clarify one, both harmonizing and reaching ultimate truth, so the causes do not contradict each other.