[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) › [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775) › 4.38 # 注維摩詰經 4.38 注維摩詰經 4.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4.38) 肇曰：凡聖一如，豈有得失之殊哉？生曰：夫如者，無得與不得異也。既無得與不得異，而彌勒得者，是假以不得為得也。若彌勒以不得無得者，一切眾生不得，便應亦是此得之理矣。然則言眾生亦應受記者，以明無彌勒實受記也。二者直二事也，異者二相殊也。其事既二，然後相與為異，故先言不二、後言不異也。已取如事在上，是以釋但舉如義也。 > \[Seng\]zhao says: Ordinary beings and noble ones are of one suchness; how could there be a distinction of gain and loss? \[Dao\]sheng says: As for suchness, there is no difference between attaining and not attaining. Since there is no difference between attaining and not attaining, and yet Maitreya attains it, this is provisionally taking non-attainment as attainment. If Maitreya, by non-attainment, has no attainment, then when all sentient beings do not attain, that should also be the principle of this attainment. Thus, saying that sentient beings should also receive the prophecy is to clarify that Maitreya does not truly receive a prophecy. 'Dual' refers merely to two affairs; 'different' means that the two marks are distinct. Once their affairs are dual, then they become different from each other; hence he first says 'not dual' and afterwards 'not different'. Having already taken the affair of suchness above, the explanation merely adduces the meaning of suchness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4.37) - [Next: 4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4.39) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775~en-mt.4.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4.38) · Pramāṇa