CASE 48: Vimalakirti’s "Not-Two"

Vimalakirti asked Manjusri, “What does it mean that the Bodhisattva enters the Dharma-gate of Not-Two?”

Manjusri said, “I see it like this: in all phenomena, there are neither words nor explanations, neither presentations nor knowledge; it is beyond all questions and answers. That is what I understand with ‘to enter the Dharma-gate of Not-Two’.”

Then Manjusri asked Vimalakirti, “All of us have finished giving our explanations. Now you should give your explanation. What does it mean that the Bodhisattva enters the Dharma-gate of Not-Two?”

Vimalakirti remained silent.