Section 13 — Taking it up as the Dharma teaches如法受持分第十三
1What Shall This Sutra Be Called?
爾時，須菩提白佛言：「世尊！當何名此經？我等云何奉持？」
Then Subhuti said to the Buddha, "World-Honored One! What should this sutra be called, and how should we take it up and keep it?"
Interlinear notes 1
當如此法，承受奉持
Take up and keep it just as this Dharma teaches.
2Vajra Prajna-paramita
佛告須菩提：「是經名為金剛般若波羅蜜，以是名字，汝當奉持。所以者何？須菩提！佛說般若波羅蜜，即非般若波羅蜜。是名般若波羅蜜。須菩提！於意云何？如來有所說法不？」
The Buddha said to Subhuti, "This sutra is called Vajra Prajna-paramita (金剛般若波羅蜜), and by that name you should take it up and keep it. Why is this? Subhuti! Because the prajna-paramita the Buddha speaks of is not prajna-paramita; that is only its name. Subhuti! What do you think? Is there a Dharma the Tathagata has spoken?"
3The Tathagata Has Spoken Nothing
須菩提白佛言：「世尊！如來無所說。」
Subhuti said to the Buddha, "World-Honored One! The Tathagata has spoken nothing."
4Are the Motes of Dust Many?
「須菩提！於意云何？三千大千世界所有微塵，是為多不？」
"Subhuti! What do you think? Are the motes of dust in the great thousandfold world-system many?"
5Very Many
須菩提言：「甚多，世尊！」
Subhuti said, "Very many, World-Honored One!"
6Dust and World Are Only Names
「須菩提！諸微塵，如來說非微塵，是名微塵。如來說：世界，非世界，是名世界。須菩提！於意云何？可以三十二相見如來不？」
"Subhuti! All those motes of dust the Tathagata says are not motes of dust; that is only their name. And the world the Tathagata speaks of is not a world; that is only its name. Subhuti! What do you think? Can the Tathagata be seen by the thirty-two marks (三十二相)?"
7He Cannot Be Seen by the Thirty-Two Marks
「不也，世尊！不可以三十二相得見如來。何以故？如來說：三十二相，即是非相，是名三十二相。」
"No, World-Honored One! The Tathagata cannot be seen by the thirty-two marks. Why is this? Because the thirty-two marks the Tathagata speaks of are not marks; that is only their name."
8Greater Than Giving Body and Life
「須菩提！若有善男子、善女人，以恆河沙等身命布施；若復有人，於此經中，乃至受持四句偈等，為他人說，其福甚多！」
"Subhuti! Suppose a good man or a good woman gave away bodies and lives as many as the grains of sand in the Ganges. And suppose someone else took up and kept even a four-line verse from this sutra and spoke it for others. That merit would be far greater!"