If there is anything for him to cut, or attain, he is still a sentient being. The enlightened means people who can see things as empty, or as they really are. When everything is empty, there is nothing to cut, or attain. So, the enlightened are those who has attained the ability to see things as empty.
However, they never think in the least that they have attained the ability, because they see it as empty as well. This is why we say that there is nothing for the enlightened to attain, or cut.
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