[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) › [維摩義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776) › 2.50 # 維摩義記 2.50 維摩義記 2.50 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.2.50) 問曰：經說佛得菩提，云何叵得？釋言：世俗文字之數言佛得之，理實得時亦無得者。何故而然？菩提之外無有我人，說誰能得？我人既無，亦無人外菩提可證，故無所得。不見我人異菩提時，方名究竟窮到菩提，故復名得。我人既然，身心亦爾。菩提之外無別身心，故無能得。身心既無，亦無身心二種之外別有菩提可修可證，故無所得。不見身心異菩提時，方名究竟真到菩提，故亦名得。良以立身立心不得，故須捨於得菩提見。 > Question: Sūtras say that the Buddha attained bodhi; why is it that it cannot be attained? Explanation: The conventional conventions of words say that the Buddha attained it; in terms of principle and reality, at the time of attainment there is also no attainer. Why is this so? Outside of bodhi there is no self or person; who could be spoken of as capable of attaining it? Since self and person do not exist, neither is there any bodhi outside of a person that could be realized; therefore, there is nothing attained. Only when one does not see self and person as distinct from bodhi is it named ultimately reaching bodhi; hence it is also named 'attainment.' If self and person are thus, body and mind are likewise thus. Outside of bodhi there are no separate body and mind; therefore, there is none capable of attaining it. Since body and mind do not exist, neither is there a separate bodhi outside of both body and mind that could be cultivated or realized; therefore, there is nothing attained. Only when one does not see body and mind as distinct from bodhi is it named ultimately and truly reaching bodhi; hence it is also named 'attainment.' Because truly by establishing a body or establishing a mind it cannot be attained, one must abandon the view of attaining bodhi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.2.49) - [Next: 2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.2.51) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776~en-mt.2.50) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.2.50) · Pramāṇa