[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) › [妙法蓮華經玄贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723) › 1.49 # 妙法蓮華經玄贊 1.49 妙法蓮華經玄贊 1.49 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.49) 三「我」者親義，世間共言「我見、我聞」，此將為親證。若言「阿難聞」，或非親聞從他傳受，今顯親聞世尊所說非是傳聞，破他疑網故不稱字但言「我聞」。「聞」謂耳根發識聽受所說。今廢耳別、就我總稱，故云「我聞」。雖依大乘根、識、心所對境和合方名為聞，然根五義勝於識等，故根名聞。根五義者，所謂依、發、屬、助、如根。如根者，如根明昧識亦明昧，若但聞聲可唯在耳，既緣名義便在意中。故《瑜伽》言：「聞謂比量」，耳根名聞者，親聞於聲，與意為門意方聞故，以二為門熏習在總，因聞所成總名為聞，廢別耳、意總名「我聞」。 > Third, "I" has the meaning of personal intimacy; worldly people commonly say "I saw, I heard" to indicate personal witnessing. If he had said "Ānanda heard," it might mean he did not hear it personally but received it from another through transmission. Here, to reveal that he personally heard what the Bhagavat spoke, that it was not hearsay, and to break through others' web of doubts, he does not state his name but simply says "I have heard." "Heard" means the ear faculty giving rise to consciousness to listen to and receive what was spoken. Now, setting aside the specific ear faculty and adopting the general designation of the self, it is therefore said "I have heard." Although according to the Mahāyāna it is only the confluence of faculty, consciousness, and mental factors directed at an object that is termed "hearing," nevertheless, the faculty surpasses the consciousness and the like in five meanings; therefore the faculty is called "hearing." The five meanings of the faculty are the so-called: support, generating, belonging, assisting, and conforming to the faculty. "Conforming to the faculty" means that just as the faculty is sharp or dull, consciousness is also sharp or dull. If it were merely hearing sounds, it could reside solely in the ear; but since it takes names and meanings as objects, it resides in the mind. Therefore the Yogācārabhūmi states: "Hearing refers to inference." The ear faculty being called "hearing" is because it personally hears sounds, serving as a portal for the mind, and only then does the mind hear; taking both as portals, the perfuming resides in the whole, and what is accomplished due to hearing is collectively called "hearing." Setting aside the distinct ear and mind, it is collectively called "I have heard." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.48) - [Next: 1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.50) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723~en-mt.1.49) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [說無垢稱經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1782.1.24) — Classical Chinese - [大般若波羅蜜多經般若理趣分述讚](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1695.1.11) — Classical Chinese - [觀彌勒上生兜率天經贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1772.1.25) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.49) · Pramāṇa