妙法蓮華經玄贊 10.65

10.65

贊曰：鼻。長行有四，此中有二：一德量，二境量。上下既遠，云何能知？若根遙知，不至取故。壞根不壞境，若至能取，豈一切香皆就根耶？論云「此是智境鼻根知故。定智遙知，依鼻根取，故名聞香，非鼻實能離中取境。又諸根互用，鼻尚見色，況依眼耳之智不取大千香耶。得假似香非得實體，許離取體壞境性故。」

Commentary: The nose. The prose text has four parts; herein are two: first, the measure of virtue; second, the measure of the cognitive sphere. Since above and below are distant, how can it know? If the faculty knows from afar, it does not reach out to grasp. The faculty is damaged, not the cognitive sphere; if it can grasp when reaching, could all fragrances possibly come to the faculty? The treatise says: 'This is the realm of wisdom, known by the nose faculty. Concentrated wisdom knows from afar, grasped relying on the nose faculty; therefore it is called smelling incense, not that the nose can truly grasp objects across a distance. Furthermore, the faculties function interchangeably; the nose even sees form, so how much more could the wisdom based on eye and ear not grasp the fragrances of the trichiliocosm? It attains provisional, apparent fragrance, not the actual substance, for allowing distance in grasping substance would destroy the nature of the cognitive sphere.'