[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) › [金剛般若波羅蜜經註解](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1703) › 1.251 # 金剛般若波羅蜜經註解 1.251 金剛般若波羅蜜經註解 1.251 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.251](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1703.1.251) 既云是法平等，無有高下，云何如來却度眾生？故偈云：「平等真法界，佛不度眾生，以名共彼陰，不離於法界。」名即眾生假名也，陰即五陰實法也，此假名、實法皆即法界，故云不離於法界。既即法界，凡聖一如，豈有眾生可度？故云佛不度眾生。 > Since it was already said that this dharma is equal and without higher or lower, how could the Tathāgata nevertheless deliver sentient beings? Hence the verse says: "In the equal true dharmadhātu, / the Buddha does not deliver sentient beings; / because names together with those skandhas / are not separate from the dharmadhātu." "Names" are the provisional designations of sentient beings; "skandhas" are the real dharmas of the five skandhas. These provisional designations and real dharmas are both identical with the dharmadhātu; hence it is said that they are "not separate from the dharmadhātu." Since they are identical with the dharmadhātu, ordinary person and noble one are one suchness; how could there be sentient beings who can be delivered? Hence it is said that the Buddha does not deliver sentient beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.250](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1703.1.250) - [Next: 1.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1703.1.252) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1703.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1703~en-mt.1.251) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1703.1.251](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1703.1.251) · Pramāṇa