【第四十六折】
Chapter 46
對。外境無情對有五：天與地對，日與月對，暗與明對，陰與陽對，水與火對。語言法相對，有十二對：有為無為對，有色無色對、有相無相對、有漏無漏對、色與空對、動與靜對、清與濁對、凡與聖對、僧與俗對、老與少對、長與短對、高與下對。自性起用對有十九對：邪與正對、癡與慧對、愚與智對、亂與定對、戒與非對、直與曲對、實與虛對、嶮與平對、煩惱與菩提對、慈與害對、喜與嗔對、捨與慳對、進與退對、生與滅對、常與無常對、法身與色身對、化身與報身對、體與用對、性與相對。語言與法相對有十二對，外境無情對有五對，自性起用對有十九對，都合成三十六對也。
Yes. There are five pairs of external, inanimate things: sky pairs with earth, sun with moon, darkness with light, shade with brightness, water with fire. In language and Dharma, there are twelve pairs: the conditioned pairs with the unconditioned, the material with the immaterial, the having-form with the formless, the tainted with the untainted, form with Emptiness, movement with stillness, purity with impurity, ordinary beings with sages, monastics with laypeople, old with young, long with short, high with low. From one's own nature in function, there are nineteen pairs: crooked with upright, delusion with Wisdom, foolish with wise, chaos with Concentration, Precepts with their absence, straight with bent, real with false, steep with level, affliction with Enlightenment, kindness with harm, joy with Hatred, giving with stinginess, progress with retreat, birth with Cessation of Suffering, the permanent with Impermanence, the Dharma-body with the form-body, the transformation-body with the reward-body, essence with function, nature with characteristics. In language and Dharma there are twelve pairs, in external inanimate things there are five pairs, and from one's own nature in function there are nineteen pairs — altogether making thirty-six pairs.
此三十六對法，解用通一切經，出入即離兩邊。如何自性起用三十六對共人言語？出外，於相離相；入內，於空離空。著空，則惟長無明；著相，則惟長邪見。秉法直言，不用文字。既云不用文字？人不合言語，言語即是文字。自性上說空，正語言本性不空。迷自惑，語言除故。暗不自暗，以明故暗；暗不自暗，以明變暗。以暗現明，來去相因，三十六對，亦復如是。
This method of thirty-six pairs applies universally to all sutras. In whatever you say, avoid both extremes. How does one speak to others using the thirty-six pairs that arise from one's own nature? Outwardly, while engaging with forms, be free from forms. Inwardly, while abiding in Emptiness, be free from Emptiness. Cling to Emptiness, and you only increase ignorance. Cling to forms, and you only increase wrong views. Speak the Dharma directly, without reliance on written words. But if you say you do not rely on written words—people still must speak, and speech itself is words. When you speak of Emptiness from your own nature, right speech itself is not empty by nature. The deluded confuse themselves; it is because words are removed. Darkness does not become dark on its own—it is dark because of light. Darkness does not become dark on its own—light causes it to turn dark. Through darkness, light is revealed. Coming and going depend on each other. The thirty-six pairs are just like this.