[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) › [大般涅槃經集解](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763) › 41.44 # 大般涅槃經集解 41.44 大般涅槃經集解 41.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [41.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.41.44) 案僧亮曰：理及名句為經。有三種：一謂名字經、二謂章句經、三謂紙墨經。彼時人皆強記，不須紙墨，故紙墨經滅也。有是經不者，若有是經，人應恭敬，經法不應滅。名其無者，則非共有，不應說言此經典者是諸佛祕藏也。僧宗曰：就言語中非不相負，故致問也。假為二開，意在願聞不滅之理，乃所以為歎經也。若常教恒在則不應言滅，以其滅盡則不應常也。寶亮曰：先作一審，即結兩開難也。若迦葉佛法有此常經，則不得言七日便滅；若其無者，則不得言諸佛祕藏也。智秀曰：第二翻將顯興廢之相，先作兩開難也。 > Sengliang comments: The principle along with words and sentences constitute a sūtra. There are three kinds: first, the name sūtra; second, the phrase-and-sentence sūtra; third, the paper-and-ink sūtra. The people of that time all had powerful memories and did not need paper and ink; therefore the paper-and-ink sūtra perished. 'Is there this sūtra or not?': if there were this sūtra, people should have revered it and the Dharma of the sūtra should not have perished. If it did not exist, then it was not common to all, and one should not say that this scripture is the secret treasury of all Buddhas. > Sengzong comments: Within speech there was an apparent contradiction, which prompted this question. He provisionally sets up two alternatives, intending to hear the principle of non-perishing, which is how he praises the sūtra. If the eternal teaching were always present, one should not speak of perishing; since it perished completely, it should not be eternal. > Baoliang comments: He first makes an inquiry and then frames a dilemma with two alternatives. If the Dharma of Krakucchanda Buddha possessed this eternal sūtra, one could not say it perished in seven days; if it lacked it, one could not call it the secret treasury of all Buddhas. > Zhixiu comments: In the second section, about to reveal the characteristics of flourishing and decline, he first poses a dilemma with two alternatives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 41.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.41.43) - [Next: 41.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.41.45) - [Up: 41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.41) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763~en-mt.41.44) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.41.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.41.44) · Pramāṇa