[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) › [金剛般若疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1699) › 1.11 # 金剛般若疏 1.11 金剛般若疏 1.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1699.1.11) 第六、辨經名，更開五句（一、解佛說；二、釋金剛；三、解般若；四、釋波羅蜜；五、明經）。經曰金剛般若波羅蜜，釋曰：經題有二種，一者具足、二者不具足。具足應言「佛說金剛般若」，不具足但云「金剛般若」。問曰：餘經何因緣故不題佛說？答：一切諸經佛口自說，皆悉應題為佛說也。而不題者，存略故。問曰：何故此經題為佛說耶？答曰：《大智論》云「有五種人說：一者佛口自說，二者弟子說，三者諸天說，四者仙人說，五化人說。」今此經是佛口自說，非餘人說，是故題佛說也。問曰：餘經亦是佛口自說，非餘人說，何故不云佛自說？答曰：已如前說，理實應題，以存略故。復次如《大品》等經命須菩提說，非佛自說，是故不得題為佛說，但云摩訶波若，波若具兼師弟子二說。此經不爾，雖對須菩提而佛自說，非命說也。復次以理言之，應題佛說。所以者何？諸外道六師等輩亦皆說經，今恐墮邪見，欲簡異六師，故題佛說，使人信受法也。復次道不孤運、必由人弘，法雖佛師，要由佛說，法乃得弘。以是義故，題能說之人、所說之法，則於義具足也。 > Sixth, explaining the title of the sūtra, which is further divided into five headings: (1) explaining "Spoken by the Buddha"; (2) interpreting "vajra"; (3) explaining "prajñā"; (4) interpreting "pāramitā"; (5) elucidating "sūtra". The sūtra states, "Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā". In explanation: the title of a sūtra is of two kinds: first, complete; second, incomplete. The complete \[form\] should say, "Spoken by the Buddha: Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā"; the incomplete \[form\] simply says, "Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā". Question: For what reason do other sūtras not have "Spoken by the Buddha" in their titles? Answer: All sūtras personally spoken from the Buddha's mouth should indeed have "Spoken by the Buddha" in their titles. Those that do not include it do so for the sake of brevity. Question: Why then does this sūtra have "Spoken by the Buddha" in its title? Answer: The Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa states: "There are five kinds of persons who speak \[sūtras\]: first, spoken personally from the Buddha's mouth; second, spoken by disciples; third, spoken by devas; fourth, spoken by ṛṣis; fifth, spoken by apparitional beings." Now, this sūtra was personally spoken from the Buddha's mouth and was not spoken by anyone else; therefore, it is titled "Spoken by the Buddha". Question: Other sūtras were also personally spoken from the Buddha's mouth and not spoken by anyone else; why do they not say "Personally Spoken by the Buddha"? Answer: As previously stated, in principle they really should be so titled, but it is omitted for the sake of brevity. Furthermore, sūtras such as the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā commissioned Subhūti to speak them and were not spoken by the Buddha himself; therefore, they could not be titled "Spoken by the Buddha", but are simply called Mahāprajñāpāramitā, as prajñā encompasses the expositions of both teacher and disciple. This sūtra is not like that: although addressed to Subhūti, the Buddha spoke it himself and did not commission him to speak it. Furthermore, speaking from principle, it ought to be titled "Spoken by the Buddha". Why is that? Various non-Buddhists such as the six teachers also all propounded sūtras. Now, fearing that people might fall into erroneous views and wishing to distinguish this from the six teachers, it is titled "Spoken by the Buddha" so as to cause people to have faith in and receive the Dharma. Furthermore, the Way does not operate in isolation; it must be propagated by human beings. Although the Dharma is the teacher of the Buddha, it must depend on the Buddha's exposition for the Dharma to be propagated. For this reason, entitling both the person capable of speaking and the Dharma that is spoken makes the meaning complete. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1699.1.10) - [Next: 1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1699.1.12) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1699.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1699~en-mt.1.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1699.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1699.1.11) · Pramāṇa