[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) › [觀音義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728) › 2.21 # 觀音義疏 2.21 觀音義疏 2.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.21) 問：那得以男女表法門，無男女故，即無法門。如《大經》：「永離十相，名大涅槃。」《大論》云：「無男女相，故名無相。」《淨名》云：「一切諸法非男、非女，如佛所說亦非男、非女。」《安樂行》云：「亦不分別是男、是女。」《入不二法門》云：「無聲聞心即無於定，無菩薩心即無於慧。」小乘三藏緣諦理，吾聞解脫之中無有言說，《成論》入空平等亦無男女。男女既無，所表安在？故知無定慧法門也。 > Question: How can sons and daughters be used to represent the dharma gates? Since there are no sons or daughters, there are no dharma gates. As the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra says: "Eternally transcending the ten marks is called great nirvāṇa." The Great Treatise says: "Because it lacks the marks of male and female, it is called markless." The Jingming jing says: "All dharmas are neither male nor female, just as the Buddha taught, also neither male nor female." The "Comfortable Conduct" chapter says: "Nor does one differentiate whether it is male or female." The "Entry into the Dharma Gate of Non-Duality" says: "Without the śrāvaka mind, there is no concentration; without the bodhisattva mind, there is no wisdom." The Three Piṭakas of the Small Vehicle accord with the truth of the principles; I have heard that in liberation there is no verbal expression, and the Tattvasiddhi Śāstra (Chengshi lun) in entering the equality of emptiness also has neither male nor female. Since male and female do not exist, where is that which they represent? Therefore we know there are no dharma gates of concentration and wisdom. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.20) - [Next: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.22) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728~en-mt.2.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.21) · Pramāṇa