[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) › [大般涅槃經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767) › 23.10 # 大般涅槃經疏 23.10 大般涅槃經疏 23.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.23.10) 「云何具足多聞」下，釋第五章，文為五：前一就文言、後四就義理。十二文多而義奢，佛略文少而義要，義要故是多聞。又除十二唯此涅槃者，不言涅槃之理出十二外，正言十二文言浩博，除廣就略其理存焉，即是多聞，何必在言？故復除全體但取四偈，又除四偈但取常住，復除常住取寂默，故知損之又損遂至無為，但貴其理以為多聞，不取博言而為多聞。 > From "How is having heard much fulfilled?" onwards, he explains the fifth chapter, and the text has five parts: the first is based on the text and words, and the latter four are based on the doctrinal principles. The twelve divisions of scripture have many words while their meanings are diffuse; the Buddha's summary has few words while its meaning is essential, and because the meaning is essential, it constitutes having heard much. Furthermore, removing the twelve divisions, leaving only this nirvāṇa, does not mean that the principle of nirvāṇa lies outside the twelve; it precisely means that the text and words of the twelve are vast and extensive, and setting aside the broad to take up the concise preserves the principle within, which is precisely having heard much—why must it reside in words? Therefore, further setting aside the entirety, one takes only four verses; again setting aside the four verses, one takes only the permanently abiding; and again setting aside the permanently abiding, one takes quiescence. Hence we know that diminishing it and further diminishing it leads ultimately to the unconditioned; one merely values its principle as having heard much, not taking extensive words as having heard much. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.23.9) - [Next: 23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.23.11) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.23) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767~en-mt.23.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.23.10) · Pramāṇa