[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) › 2.117 # 金剛經纂要刊定記 2.117 金剛經纂要刊定記 2.117 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.2.117) 此結所引經論之意，然先上諸德皆用此義。資聖云：「金剛者堅而復利。堅喻本覺真性，雖流轉諸趣而覺性無壞，利喻般若淨照，三賢十地貫通萬行，無明惑暗無不壞也。」肇云：「金剛者堅利之譬也。堅故物不能沮，利故物無不摧。以況斯慧，邪魔不能毀堅之極也，萬物皆能破利之義也。」又諸經論說金剛喻定，《勝鬘經》說金剛喻智，《梵網經》以十迴向為十金剛，《仁王》謂十堅心，《淨名》以金剛慧決了此相，無縛無脫得無生法忍。又諸經論說金剛座、金剛山、金剛輪，如是等說皆取堅利義也。又晉武帝起居注云：「武帝十三年，燉煌有人獻金剛寶，生於金中，色如紫石英，狀如蕎麥，百鍊不銷，可以切玉如泥，是知堅利之極也。」 > This concludes the intent of the cited sūtras and treatises; yet earlier worthies also all used this meaning. Zisheng says: 'The vajra is both hard and sharp. Hardness is a metaphor for the true nature of original enlightenment: though it transmigrates through the various destinies, the nature of enlightenment is indestructible. Sharpness is a metaphor for the pure illumination of prajñā: penetrating the myriad practices throughout the three ranks of worthies and ten grounds, there is no darkness of ignorance or delusion it does not destroy.' Sengzhao says: 'Vajra is a metaphor for hardness and sharpness. Because it is hard, no object can frustrate it; because it is sharp, there is no object it does not crush. To compare it to this wisdom: demons and heterodox paths cannot damage it, which is the utmost of hardness; it can break all things, which is the meaning of sharpness.' Furthermore, various sūtras and treatises speak of the vajra as a metaphor for samādhi; the Śrīmālādevī Sūtra speaks of vajra as a metaphor for cognition; the Fanwang jing takes the ten dedications as the ten vajras; the Renwang calls them the ten firm minds; the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa speaks of vajra-wisdom definitively resolving these characteristics, attaining the endurance of non-arising phenomena without bondage and without release. Furthermore, various sūtras and treatises speak of the vajra seat, vajra mountain, and vajra wheel—such expositions all take the meaning of hardness and sharpness. Furthermore, the Qijuzhu of Emperor Wu of Jin says: 'In the thirteenth year of Emperor Wu, someone from Dunhuang presented a vajra jewel, born within gold, colored like purple amethyst, shaped like buckwheat, which does not melt after a hundred smeltings, and can cut jade like mud; from this we know the utmost of hardness and sharpness.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.2.116) - [Next: 2.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.2.118) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702~en-mt.2.117) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.2.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.2.117) · Pramāṇa