淨名經集解關中疏 2.526

2.526

"'Relying on the meaning and not on the words; relying on wisdom and not on consciousness; relying on sūtras of definitive meaning and not on sūtras of provisional meaning; relying on the Dharma and not on the person.'" / Second is the four reliances distinguishing errors. The Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra says: "'Words' refers to speaking of saṃsāra; 'meaning' refers to knowing that saṃsāra has no self-nature. 'Awakening' refers to speaking of the taste of nirvāṇa; 'meaning' refers to speaking of the naturelessness of nirvāṇa. 'Words' refers to speaking of the various vehicles according to where one is established; 'meaning' refers to speaking of the various vehicles entering the practice of single-characteristic wisdom, and so forth. Furthermore, 'consciousness' knows the four great elements; 'wisdom' abides in the naturelessness of the four great elements. 'Consciousness' knows the six sense faculties and six consciousnesses; 'wisdom' abides in internal and external quiescence, and so forth. Furthermore, 'sūtras of provisional meaning' speak of the afflictions of saṃsāra; 'sūtras of definitive meaning' speak of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa having a single characteristic. 'Sūtras of provisional meaning' speak of self, person, and various dharmas; 'sūtras of definitive meaning' speak of the three emptinesses and selflessness. Furthermore, 'person' means grasping at the view of a person; 'Dharma' means understanding that within persons there is no view of a person. 'Person' refers to ordinary people and holy ones of the three vehicles; 'Dharma' refers to knowing that all phenomena are without distinction or difference, like empty space."