nāpy ayam asmākaṃ dṛṣṭāntaḥ | yathā kaś cin mā śabdaṃ kārṣīr iti bruvan śabdam eva karoti śabdaṃ ca pratiṣedhayati, tadvat tac chūnyaṃ vacanaṃ na śūnyatāṃ pratiṣedhayati |
kiṃ kāraṇam | atra hi dṛṣṭānte śabdena śabdasya vyāvartanaṃ kriyate | na caitad evam |
vayaṃ brūmo niḥsvabhāvāḥ sarvabhāvā niḥsvabhāvatvāc chūnyā iti | kiṃ kāraṇāṃ |
此偈明何義 此非我喻 如何人言莫作聲者 彼自作聲以聲遮聲 聲非不空我則不爾 語言亦空遮法亦空
何以故 譬如彼聲能迥此聲 我不如是
我如是說 一切諸法皆無自體 以無自體故得言空 何以故
’di ni ṅed kyi dpe ma yin te | ji ltar ’ga’ źig na re | sgra ma ’dzin źes de skad zer ba na sgra ñid ’byin ciṅ sgra zlog par byed pa ltar tshig stoṅ pa de ñid ’gog par mi byed do ||
ci’i phyir źe na | ’di la dpes sgra zlog par byed pa de ltar ’di ni ma yin te |
ṅed ni dṅos po thams cad raṅ bźin med pa yin te | raṅ bźin med pa’i phyir stoṅ pa yin na źes ’chad do || ci’i phyir źe na |
This example, moreover, is not ours. That void statement does not prevent voidness as a person, when he says: ‘Do not make a sound’, makes a sound and at the same time prevents a sound.
- Why? - Because, in this example, a sound is prevented by another sound. But the case here is not the same.
We say: all things are devoid of an intrinsic nature, and hence void.- Why? -
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