[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) › [仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709) › 2.39 # 仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 2.39 仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 2.39 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.2.39) 問：前空空與此空空何別？答：前破諸法故云空空，此破前空故名空空。若爾，由諸法有破故云空。空既非法，空何所破？答：破諸法已唯有於空，空亦應捨故須空空。如藥治病，病盡捨藥。藥若不捨，藥復成病。恐空成病，以空捨空，故云空空。從此第二諸法假有。於中分二：初明諸法有、後明我法空。初諸法有，於中分三：且初第一標諸法有。 > Question: What is the difference between the earlier emptiness of emptiness and this emptiness of emptiness? Answer: The earlier one refuted all phenomena, hence it was called the emptiness of emptiness; this one refutes the preceding emptiness, hence it is named the emptiness of emptiness. If so, because phenomena exist they are refuted, and thus called empty. Since emptiness is not a phenomenon, what does emptiness refute? Answer: Having refuted all phenomena, there is only emptiness; emptiness must also be abandoned, hence the emptiness of emptiness is necessary. Just as medicine cures an illness and when the illness is gone the medicine is discarded: if the medicine is not discarded, the medicine in turn becomes an illness. Fearing that emptiness may become an illness, one discards emptiness with emptiness; therefore it says "the emptiness of emptiness." Next is the second \[section\], the provisional existence of phenomena. This is divided into two: first, clarifying that phenomena exist; later, clarifying the emptiness of self and phenomena. The first part, that phenomena exist, is divided into three: first, positing that phenomena exist. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.2.38) - [Next: 2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.2.40) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709~en-mt.2.39) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.2.39) · Pramāṇa