[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) › [法華玄論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720) › 3.38 # 法華玄論 3.38 法華玄論 3.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.3.38) 答：文異常規、義乖舊格，雖欲會通，正恐未可即心。今當為子粗陳綱要。第一文云波若於十種經中最大者，然撿眾經之極，以實相為宗；統群聖之心用，妙惠為主。夫萬化非無宗，而宗之者無相；虛宗非無契，而契之者無心。故聖人以無心之妙惠，契彼無相之虛宗，內外並冥、緣智俱寂，豈容名數於其間哉？斯二窮得一之原、盡重玄之妙，理無不統、教無不攝，如空之含萬像、若海之納百川，《波若》盛明斯意，論稱最大，豈虛構哉？ > Answer: The text departs from the ordinary conventions, and its meaning runs contrary to traditional formulations; though I wish to reconcile and harmonize them, I truly fear it might not readily suit your mind. Now I shall roughly set forth the essential principles for you. The first passage says that the Prajñāpāramitā is the greatest among the ten kinds of scriptures. However, when examining the ultimate reach of all scriptures, the true mark is taken as the principle; and when governing the mental function of all sages, wondrous wisdom is taken as primary. The ten thousand transformations are not without a source, yet that which is their source is markless; the vacuous source is not without realization, yet that which realizes it is mindless. Therefore, the sage, with mindless wondrous wisdom, realizes that markless vacuous source: internal and external are both obscured, and object and cognition are both tranquil. How could names and numbers find room between them? These two fathom the origin of attaining the One and exhaust the marvel of the profound beyond profound; there is no principle they do not govern, and no teaching they do not encompass. Like space containing the myriad forms, or like the ocean receiving the hundred rivers, the Prajñāpāramitā abundantly clarifies this meaning. When the treatise calls it the greatest, how could that be a hollow fabrication? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.3.37) - [Next: 3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.3.39) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720~en-mt.3.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.3.38) · Pramāṇa