[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) › [大般涅槃經義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764) › 4.31 # 大般涅槃經義記 4.31 大般涅槃經義記 4.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.31) 「若言無常」牒上第二。「如來祕藏亦無常」者，猶前文中凡夫計身悉皆無常，聲聞之人於昔教中聞說無常，便謂生死乃至祕藏皆悉無常，故今舉之。彼二乘人於昔教中未聞祕藏，云何說言謂佛祕藏亦是無常？彼雖不聞，而言一切悉是無常。言無甄簡，祕藏亦是一切之限，故得說言如來祕藏亦是無常。「凡謂二」者，由彼二乘昔謂一切悉無常故，佛前教之明無常性，彼聞說常，謂與無常一向別體，故言謂二。「智了無二」義同前解。「一切無我」牒前第三。「如來祕藏亦無我」者，猶前凡謂一切佛法悉無有我，彼二乘人於昔教中聞說無我，便謂生死乃至佛法一切無我，故今舉之。「凡謂二」者，由彼二乘昔謂一切悉無我故，佛上教之無我法中有真我，彼聞設我，謂與無我迢然別體，故言謂二。「智了無二」，義如上辨。 > "If one says impermanent" takes up the second \[phrase\] above. "The Tathāgata's secret treasury is also impermanent": just as in the previous text where ordinary persons reckon that the body is entirely impermanent, hearing impermanence taught in the past teachings, śrāvakas claimed that everything from saṃsāra up to the secret treasury is impermanent; hence it is brought up now. Those people of the two vehicles had not heard of the secret treasury in the past teachings; why then say that they considered the Buddha's secret treasury to also be impermanent? Although they had not heard of it, they said that all things without exception are impermanent. As their statement made no distinction, the secret treasury also fell within the scope of "all things"; therefore one can say they claimed that the Tathāgata's secret treasury is also impermanent. "Ordinary persons consider them two": because those of the two vehicles in the past considered all things to be impermanent, the Buddha earlier taught them to clarify the nature of impermanence; hearing permanency taught, they took it to be entirely distinct in substance from impermanence, which is why it says they consider them two. "The wise understand non-duality" has the same meaning as explained before. "All is non-self" takes up the third \[phrase\] above. "The Tathāgata's secret treasury is also non-self": just as previously ordinary persons reckoned that all buddha-dharmas are entirely without self, hearing non-self taught in the past teachings, those people of the two vehicles claimed that from saṃsāra up to the buddha-dharmas all are non-self; hence it is brought up now. "Ordinary persons consider them two": because those of the two vehicles in the past considered all things to be non-self, the Buddha taught them above that within the dharma of non-self there is the true self; hearing a self posited, they took it to be vastly different in substance from non-self, which is why it says they consider them two. "The wise understand non-duality" has the same meaning as distinguished above. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.30) - [Next: 4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.32) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764~en-mt.4.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.31) · Pramāṇa