[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋摩訶衍論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668) › 4.27 # 釋摩訶衍論 4.27 釋摩訶衍論 4.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.4.27) 論曰：根本無明若却過去無其本際，名為無始；若進未來必有間斷，名為有終。般若波羅蜜中作如是說：始覺淨智有始無終，無明住地無始有終故。無等等生住地者，字義差別其相云何？頌曰： > The treatise says: If one traces fundamental avidyā back into the past, it has no primal limit, and is thus called 'beginningless'; if one advances into the future, it will certainly have an interruption, and is thus called 'having an end.' As is stated in the Prajñāpāramitā: The pure wisdom of initial awakening has a beginning but no end; the avidyāvāsabhūmi has no beginning but has an end. As for the stage of incomparable arising, what are its characteristics according to the distinct meanings of the characters? The verse says: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.4.26) - [Next: 4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.4.28) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668~en-mt.4.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.4.27) · Pramāṇa