[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) › [般若波羅蜜多心經幽贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1710) › 2.16 # 般若波羅蜜多心經幽贊 2.16 般若波羅蜜多心經幽贊 2.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1710.2.16) 能食及所食，此依身所住， 能見此如理，所求二諦空。 為常益有情，為不捨生死， 為善無窮盡，故觀此為空。 為種姓清淨，為得諸相好， 為淨諸佛法，故菩薩觀空。 補特伽羅、法，實性俱非有， 此無性、有性，故別立二空。 > "The consumer and the consumed, > That which this depends upon and the body's abode, > The ability to see this in accordance with principle, > And the emptiness of the two truths that is sought. > To constantly benefit sentient beings, > To not abandon saṃsāra, > And so that wholesome roots may be inexhaustible, > One therefore contemplates these as empty. > For the purity of the lineage, > To attain the various marks and signs, > And to purify all Buddha dharmas, > The bodhisattva therefore contemplates emptiness. > The person and dharmas, > Neither possesses true nature; > Because of this non-nature and existent nature, > Two emptinesses are separately established." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1710.2.15) - [Next: 2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1710.2.17) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1710.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1710~en-mt.2.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1710.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1710.2.16) · Pramāṇa