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# 金剛般若經贊述 1.54

金剛般若經贊述 1.54

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1700.1.54)

「持鉢」者，應量器，一者、應自所食量，二者、應外所施量故，不大不小名應量也。為表佛無分別智內證於理，如鉢受食；心起於智，故復名持。

> "Holding the bowl" means \[holding\] the vessel of appropriate capacity: first, because it is appropriate to the capacity of one's own food; second, because it is appropriate to the capacity of what is given by others outside; being neither too large nor too small, it is called of "appropriate capacity". This symbolizes the Buddha's non-conceptual wisdom internally realizing the principle, just as a bowl receives food; when the mind gives rise to wisdom, it is thus also called "holding".  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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