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論。以一切至不可得故　述曰。此顯真無說也。此有疑云。若一切法無有自性皆是真如無說等者。何故於法而有言說。既有言說應有諸法。故此釋云。實一切法皆真如故非言說等。而有言者唯是假名。但隨眾生妄念安立。非實詮表而可得也。

Treatise: "Because all […] cannot be apprehended." Commentary: This reveals that the ultimate is free from predication. Here someone doubts: "If all phenomena lack intrinsic nature and are entirely suchness, devoid of verbal explanation and so forth, why is there speech regarding phenomena? Since there is speech, there ought to be phenomena." Therefore, this explanation says: Truly, because all phenomena are suchness, they are not verbal explanations and the like. That there are words is merely conventional designation, established only following the deluded thoughts of sentient beings; they cannot be apprehended as actual denotations.