[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) › [金剛經纂要刊定記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702) › 1.56 # 金剛經纂要刊定記 1.56 金剛經纂要刊定記 1.56 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.1.56) 病根者喻法執也。如人有病令人不安，如木有根能生枝葉。意云二執如病，令諸眾生不得安樂，若取法執為病，病即是根，持業釋也。若取我執為病，是病之根，即依主釋。今則病通二執，根喻法執，以能所依二體異故。我是能依，法是所依，以能從所生，故能非根，根唯局所也。由是凡夫有我執，必兼有法執；二乘有法執，不必具我執。又二乘無我執則未必無法執；菩薩無法執，則必無我執。如因迷杌方可見人等。 > The 'root of the illness' is a metaphor for attachment to phenomena. Just as a person having an illness is made restless, and just as a tree having roots can produce branches and leaves: the intended meaning is that the two attachments are like an illness, preventing sentient beings from gaining peace and joy. If one takes attachment to phenomena as the illness, the illness is itself the root—a karmadhāraya compound. If one takes attachment to self as the illness, it is the root of that illness—a tatpuruṣa compound. Here, the illness applies to both attachments, and the root is a metaphor for attachment to phenomena, because the two entities—the supported and the supporting—are different. The self is the supporting, and phenomena are the supported; because the supporting arises from the supported, the supporting is not the root; the root is restricted solely to the supported. For this reason, if an ordinary worldling has attachment to self, they necessarily also have attachment to phenomena; if a follower of the two vehicles has attachment to phenomena, they do not necessarily possess attachment to self. Furthermore, if a follower of the two vehicles has no attachment to self, they do not necessarily lack attachment to phenomena; if a bodhisattva has no attachment to phenomena, they necessarily have no attachment to self. This is just like mistaking a tree stump before one can mistake it for a person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.1.55) - [Next: 1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.1.57) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702~en-mt.1.56) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.1.56) · Pramāṇa