[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) › 2.26 # 觀音義疏 2.26 觀音義疏 2.26 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.26) 復次，從五戒十善齊第六天已來皆無禪定，番番悉是散心慧法，狂男子也。但慧無定，四禪有支林，一心名為男女，福慧備也。從三界定慧男女，男無破惑之功，女無生出無漏之力，此無用之男女。從二乘、通教等，慧有斷惑之用，則是幹事之男，女有發生無漏紹繼之德也。從二乘通教，所有定、慧不能破無明、見佛性，雖男而女；定則不能懷於中道之子，猶如石女，雖女而男。故《大經》云：「二乘之人定多慧少，不見佛性；通教菩薩之人慧多定少，亦不見佛性。」自此之前，我等皆名邪見人也。唯有別教登地，真明慧發，無緣慈成，此乃名為真正男女。圓教初住見中道時，定慧具足，男女相滿，方稱經文：「男則福德，女則端正。」故知借事表法，何得作媒嫁解觀音耶？ > Furthermore, from the five precepts and ten wholesome actions up to the sixth heaven, there is entirely no dhyāna-concentration; each and every round is solely a method of wisdom with a distracted mind—this is a wild man. Having wisdom alone without concentration, \[whereas\] the four dhyānas have limbs and one-pointedness of mind: \[when both are present,\] this is called 'man and woman', both blessings and wisdom being complete. Looking from the men and women of concentration and wisdom in the three realms: the man lacks the efficacy to destroy delusions, and the woman lacks the power to give birth to the uncontaminated; these are useless men and women. Looking from the two vehicles and the Shared Teaching: wisdom has the function of cutting off delusions, which is an capable man; the woman possesses the virtue of generating the uncontaminated and carrying on the lineage. Looking \[further\] from the two vehicles and the Shared Teaching: all their concentration and wisdom cannot destroy fundamental ignorance or see the Buddha-nature; though a man, he is \[like\] a woman. Their concentration cannot conceive the child of the middle way, like a barren woman; though a woman, she is \[like\] a man. Therefore the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra says: 'People of the two vehicles have much concentration and little wisdom; they do not see the Buddha-nature. Bodhisattvas of the Shared Teaching have much wisdom and little concentration; they also do not see the Buddha-nature.' Prior to this, all of us are called people of wrong views. Only when one enters the stages in the Separate Teaching does the true and bright wisdom arise and unconditioned compassion become established; these are truly called genuine men and women. In the Perfect Teaching, when one sees the middle way at the first abidance, concentration and wisdom are complete, and the marks of both man and woman are fulfilled. Only then does it correspond to the sūtra text: 'A man will be blessed and virtuous; a woman will be upright and handsome.' Therefore, one should know that phenomena are borrowed to express the Dharma; how could one interpret Avalokiteśvara in terms of matchmaking and marriage? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.25) - [Next: 2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.27) - [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.2.26) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.26) · Pramāṇa