維摩經抄 1.24

1.24

The sūtra states: "Defilement and purity are not two"—purity exists in contrast to defilement; the nature of defilement is fundamentally empty, and purity also has no substance; hence it is said to be "not two." As for "Vimalakīrti remaining silent to illuminate non-duality": the ten thousand phenomena, numerous as the sands of the Ganges, are all of the identical suchness. The substance of suchness is also such; therefore, there is neither one nor two. The path of speech is cut off, and it is only in accord with realization. Realization is also like suchness; mind and object are non-dual. Can emptiness be expressed or captured through words?