Section 17 — In the end there is no self究竟無我分第十七
1Subhuti Asks Again
爾時，須菩提白佛言：「世尊！善男子、善女人，發阿耨多羅三藐三菩提心，云何應住？云何降伏其心？」
Then Subhuti said to the Buddha, "World-Honored One! When a good man or a good woman sets their mind on anuttara-samyak-sambodhi, where should they dwell, and how should they subdue their mind?"
Interlinear notes 1
成佛究竟，本無我相
In the end of becoming a Buddha there is, from the first, no mark of a self.
2There Is No Dharma That Sets the Mind
佛告須菩提：「善男子、善女人，發阿耨多羅三藐三菩提心者，當生如是心：我應滅度一切眾生。滅度一切眾生已，而無有一眾生實滅度者。何以故？須菩提！若菩薩有我相、人相、眾生相、壽者相，則非菩薩。所以者何？須菩提！實無有法，發阿耨多羅三藐三菩提心者。」
The Buddha said to Subhuti, "A good man or a good woman who sets their mind on anuttara-samyak-sambodhi should give rise to a mind like this: 'I shall deliver all beings. And when all beings have been delivered, in truth not one being has been delivered.' Why is this? Subhuti! Because if a bodhisattva has the mark of a self, the mark of a person, the mark of a being, or the mark of a life span, that one is not a bodhisattva. And how is that so? Subhuti! Because in truth there is no dharma that sets the mind on anuttara-samyak-sambodhi."
3Was There a Dharma Attained with Dipamkara Buddha?
「須菩提！於意云何？如來於燃燈佛所，有法得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提不？」
"Subhuti! What do you think? When the Tathagata was with Dipamkara Buddha, was there a dharma by which he attained anuttara-samyak-sambodhi?"
4There Was Not
「不也，世尊！如我解佛所說義，佛於燃燈佛所，無有法得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。」
"No, World-Honored One! As I understand the meaning of what the Buddha has said, when the Buddha was with Dipamkara Buddha there was no dharma by which he attained anuttara-samyak-sambodhi."
5And So He Gave the Prediction
佛言：「如是，如是！須菩提！實無有法，如來得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。須菩提！若有法，如來得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提者，燃燈佛則不與我授記：『汝於來世，當得作佛，號釋迦牟尼。』以實無有法得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提，是故燃燈佛與我授記，作是言：『汝於來世，當得作佛，號釋迦牟尼。』何以故？如來者，即諸法如義。」
The Buddha said, "So it is, so it is! Subhuti! In truth there is no dharma by which the Tathagata attained anuttara-samyak-sambodhi. Subhuti! Had there been a dharma by which the Tathagata attained anuttara-samyak-sambodhi, Dipamkara Buddha would not have given me the prediction (授記), saying, 'In an age to come you shall become a Buddha, and your name shall be Shakyamuni.' It is because in truth there is no dharma by which anuttara-samyak-sambodhi is attained that Dipamkara Buddha gave me the prediction and said, 'In an age to come you shall become a Buddha, and your name shall be Shakyamuni.' Why is this? Because Tathagata means that all dharmas are suchness (如)."
6All Dharmas Are the Buddha-Dharma
「若有人言：如來得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。須菩提！實無有法，佛得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。須菩提！如來所得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提，於是中無實無虛。是故如來說：一切法皆是佛法。須菩提！所言一切法者，即非一切法，是故名一切法。」
"Though someone may say the Tathagata attained anuttara-samyak-sambodhi, Subhuti, in truth there is no dharma by which the Buddha attained anuttara-samyak-sambodhi. Subhuti! In the anuttara-samyak-sambodhi the Tathagata attained there is neither reality nor hollowness. That is why the Tathagata says all dharmas are the Buddha-Dharma. Subhuti! What is called all dharmas is not all dharmas; that is why it is named all dharmas."
7The Parable of a Great Body
「須菩提！譬如人身長大。」
"Subhuti! It is like a person whose body is long and great."
8A Great Body Is Only Its Name
須菩提言：「世尊！如來說：人身長大，則為非大身，是名大身。」
Subhuti said, "World-Honored One! The long and great body of a person the Tathagata speaks of is not a great body; a great body is only its name."
9To Say "I Deliver Beings" Is Not a Bodhisattva
「須菩提！菩薩亦如是。若作是言：我當滅度無量眾生，則不名菩薩。何以故？須菩提！實無有法名為菩薩。是故佛說一切法，無我、無人、無眾生、無壽者。」
"Subhuti! So it is with a bodhisattva. If he says, 'I shall deliver measureless beings,' he cannot be called a bodhisattva. Why is this? Subhuti! Because in truth there is no dharma that can be named a bodhisattva. That is why the Buddha says that in all dharmas there is no self, no person, no being, no life span."
10To Say "I Adorn a Buddha-Land" Is Not a Bodhisattva
「須菩提！若菩薩作是言：『我當莊嚴佛土』，是不名菩薩。何以故？如來說：莊嚴佛土者，即非莊嚴，是名莊嚴。」
"Subhuti! If a bodhisattva says, 'I shall adorn a Buddha-land,' he cannot be called a bodhisattva. Why is this? Because adorning a Buddha-land, as the Tathagata speaks of it, is not adornment; that is only its name."
11One Who Has Penetrated No-Self
「須菩提！若菩薩通達無我、法者，如來說名真是菩薩。」
"Subhuti! If a bodhisattva has penetrated the dharma of no-self (無我), the Tathagata calls that one a true bodhisattva."