[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) › [金剛般若波羅蜜經略疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1704) › 2.23 # 金剛般若波羅蜜經略疏 2.23 金剛般若波羅蜜經略疏 2.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1704.2.23) 爾時，慧命須菩提白佛言：「世尊！頗有眾生於未來世聞說是法生信心不？」佛言：「須菩提！彼非眾生非不眾生。何以故？須菩提！眾生眾生者，如來說非眾生是名眾生。」 > At that time, the Venerable Subhūti addressed the Buddha, saying: "World-Honored One, will there be any sentient beings in future ages who, upon hearing this Dharma being spoken, will give rise to faithful conviction?" The Buddha said: "Subhūti, they are neither sentient beings nor non-sentient beings. Why is this? Subhūti, sentient beings, sentient beings—the Tathāgata says are not sentient beings, therefore they are called sentient beings." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1704.2.22) - [Next: 2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1704.2.24) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1704.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1704~en-mt.2.23) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (8) - [金剛般若經旨贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2735.2.163) — Classical Chinese - [金剛般若波羅蜜經論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.vajracchedika!vajracchedikaprajnaparamitasastra-t1510b*zh-dharmagupta.3.46) — Classical Chinese - [御注金剛般若波羅蜜經宣演](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2733.2.129) — Classical Chinese - [金剛般若波羅蜜經論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.vajracchedika!vajracchedikaprajnaparamitasutrasastra*zh-bodhiruci.3.19) — Classical Chinese - [梁朝傅大士頌金剛經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2732.1.168) — Classical Chinese - [金剛般若波羅蜜經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.vajracchedika*zh-t235.1.101) — Classical Chinese - [金剛般若波羅蜜經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.vajracchedika*zh-bodhiruci.1.79) — Classical Chinese - [འཕགས་པ་ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པ་རྡོ་རྗེ་གཅོད་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.vajracchedika*bo.20) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1704.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1704.2.23) · Pramāṇa