[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) › [金剛般若經贊述](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1700) › 1.129 # 金剛般若經贊述 1.129 金剛般若經贊述 1.129 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1700.1.129) 述曰，此第二舉喻，於中初舉東方虛空，次舉餘九方。一一中，皆初、佛問，次、善現順佛而答也。此意若山河、大地、星月等諸事物，皆有大小分限，如有相布施；唯有虛空無其大小分量限礙，故喻無相布施也。故有經說，唯有虛空可喻法身也，謂十方虛空皆無邊限，不可算量，同無相施福多無限不可計量也。然世親之意，於其事物有種種不同，謂若男若女、若好若惡、若此若彼等，皆由有相行施等，故所有差別眾多分限；若以心契無相無差別理而行施者，福無限礙，當來成佛，其福遍滿，無此彼、自他差別也。無差別理者，謂空無我理也，普遍一切如虛空故。 > Commentary: This is the second, adducing an analogy. Therein, he first adduces the space of the eastern direction, and next adduces the remaining nine directions. In each case, first the Buddha asks, and next Subhūti answers in accord with the Buddha. The meaning is: matters and things such as mountains, rivers, the great earth, stars, and moon all have large and small limits, like giving with marks; only space has no limit, obstruction, or measure of large and small, and thus illustrates giving without marks. Therefore a sūtra says that only space can illustrate the dharmakāya, meaning that the space of the ten directions is boundless and cannot be calculated, just as the merit of giving without marks is manifold, limitless, and unmeasurable. Yet according to Vasubandhu's intention, in matters and things there are various differences—such as male or female, good or evil, this or that—which all arise because of practicing giving with marks, and thus all have many differential limits; if with one's mind attuned to the principle of non-marking and non-differentiation one practices giving, the merit will be limitless and unobstructed, and when attaining Buddhahood in the future, that merit will be all-pervading, without distinctions of this or that, self or other. The principle of non-differentiation refers to the principle of emptiness and selflessness, because it pervades all just like space. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1700.1.128) - [Next: 1.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1700.1.130) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1700.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1700~en-mt.1.129) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1700.1.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1700.1.129) · Pramāṇa