[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) › [法華義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721) › 7.70 # 法華義疏 7.70 法華義疏 7.70 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.7.70) 前失有始無始二俱有過。故《智度論》云「深水火坑俱能害人，有始無始俱害正觀」。《華嚴經》云「有始無始是無記問，佛不答之」。又《經》云「有一比丘問佛，十二因緣自作他作無明自起是有始義，名為自作他作者更從他起是無始義。佛種種因緣而呵嘖之。如人為毒箭所中，但須請醫拔之，不應求毒箭所以」。如此一句是學者致迷之處，故略述之。 > Whether the former loss has a beginning or is beginningless, both positions have faults. Therefore, the \*Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa\* says: 'Deep water and a fire pit can both harm people; having a beginning and being beginningless both harm correct contemplation.' The \*Avataṃsaka Sūtra\* says: 'Whether there is a beginning or it is beginningless is an indeterminate question; the Buddha does not answer it.' Furthermore, a sūtra says: 'A monk asked the Buddha whether the twelve links of dependent origination are made by oneself or made by another. Self-arising of ignorance means having a beginning, which is called made by oneself; arising further from another means being beginningless, which is called made by another. The Buddha rebuked him with various reasons: "Just as when a man is struck by a poisoned arrow, he only needs to ask a physician to pull it out, and should not seek the reason for the poisoned arrow."' Such a sentence is where scholars fall into confusion, so it is briefly stated here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.7.69) - [Next: 7.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.7.71) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721~en-mt.7.70) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.7.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.7.70) · Pramāṇa