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Section 22 — No dharma to attain無法可得分第二十二
Jingang Jing (The Diamond Sutra) Complete in one volume "All marks that exist are empty and false" — a sutra that teaches one to give rise to the mind without dwelling anywhere. It follows, just as they stand, the thirty-two sections into which Prince Zhaoming divided it. It is told that Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch, heard one line of this sutra and set his heart on awakening.
1Was There Nothing Attained?
須菩提白佛言：「世尊！佛得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。為無所得耶？」
Subhuti said to the Buddha, "World-Honored One! When the Buddha attained anuttara-samyak-sambodhi, was there nothing attained?"
Interlinear notes 1
悟性空故，無法可得
Awake to the emptiness of nature, and there is no dharma to attain.
2Not Even the Smallest Dharma Was Attained
佛言：「如是，如是。須菩提！我於阿耨多羅三藐三菩提乃至無有少法可得，是名阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。」
The Buddha said, "So it is, so it is. Subhuti! In anuttara-samyak-sambodhi there was not even the smallest dharma for me to attain; that is only the name anuttara-samyak-sambodhi."