[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) › [大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736) › 37.12 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 37.12 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 37.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [37.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.37.12) 疏「然眾生智慧是佛性因」者，此下第二遮於外救，即前意家救。然疏雖雙存二義，以後意為正，故假以前師設難救前。救云：汝意加後者，豈不以前義為未造玄。因果二性皆有明文。若有明文，如何不許？故經云「佛性有因有因因，有果有果果。因者即十二因緣，因因者名為智慧。果者謂大菩提，果果者謂大涅槃。」既有四種，前二本有，後二當有，文理昭然，如何不信因果二性，更別說理？故為此通。欲通此義，先應反難前師云：向引四性是一處，復有處說是因非果，名為佛性；是果非因，如大涅槃；是因是果，如十二因緣所生之法；非因非果，名為佛性。此復云何？設爾通云是因非果是初性，是果非因是第四性，是因是果為第三者理亦可通，非因非果名為佛性如何可通？明知直語佛性之體體非因果，因中取之名為因性，果中取之名為果性，非是佛性分成因果。如缾取空是缾中空，世界取空是界中空，空豈有異？故言眾生智性是佛性因，菩提涅槃是佛性果，非是佛性分成因果。故結正云「然則佛性非因非果」。 > Regarding the Commentary's statement, "Yet the wisdom of sentient beings is the cause of Buddha-nature": from here down is the second \[part\], staving off external defenses, which is the defense by the proponent of the former intent. Now, although the Commentary retains both meanings, it takes the latter intent as correct, and therefore hypothetically sets up objections on behalf of the earlier master to defend the former \[view\]. The defense says: "Your intention in adding the latter—is it not because you consider the former meaning to have not yet penetrated the profound? For both the causal and fruitional natures have clear textual evidence. If there is clear textual evidence, how can you not accept it?" Thus the sūtra states: "Buddha-nature has a cause and a cause of cause; it has a fruit and a fruit of fruit. The cause is the twelve links of dependent origination; the cause of cause is called wisdom. The fruit is great bodhi; the fruit of fruit is great nirvāṇa." Since there are four kinds, the first two originally exist and the latter two will exist in the future, the text and principle being clear and evident, how can you not believe in the two natures of cause and fruit and instead state another principle? Therefore this resolution is made. To resolve this meaning, one should first counter-question the earlier master: The four natures cited just now are from one passage; there is also a passage stating: "It is cause and not fruit, which is called Buddha-nature; it is fruit and not cause, like great nirvāṇa; it is cause and is fruit, like the dharmas produced by the twelve links of dependent origination; it is neither cause nor fruit, which is called Buddha-nature." How about this? Even if you resolve it by saying that "is cause and not fruit" is the first nature, "is fruit and not cause" is the fourth nature, and "is cause and is fruit" is the third, so that the principle might be accommodated, how can "neither cause nor fruit is called Buddha-nature" be accommodated? This clearly shows that when speaking directly of the essence of Buddha-nature, the essence is neither cause nor fruit; when apprehended in the cause it is called the causal nature, and when apprehended in the fruit it is called the fruitional nature—it is not that Buddha-nature is divided into cause and fruit. Just as when a pot grasps space it is the space in the pot, and when a world grasps space it is the space in the world, how could space be different? Therefore it is said that the wisdom nature of sentient beings is the cause of Buddha-nature, and bodhi and nirvāṇa are the fruit of Buddha-nature; it is not that Buddha-nature is divided into cause and fruit. Therefore it concludes correctly, saying: "Thus Buddha-nature is neither cause nor fruit." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 37.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.37.11) - [Next: 37.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.37.13) - [Up: 37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.37) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.37.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.37.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.37.12) · Pramāṇa