[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) › [維摩經略疏垂裕記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779) › 3.44 # 維摩經略疏垂裕記 3.44 維摩經略疏垂裕記 3.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.3.44) 二、「如佛」下，引事證，二：初、正引。《大論》第一云「有外道梵志名長爪，是大論師，計一切論可破、一切語可壞、一切執可轉，故無實法可信可敬。」如《舍利弗本末經》中說「其是舍利弗母弟，以姊懷智子，論議數負。恥己不如，因更游學。學訖還國，覓甥不見。往難佛云：『一切論可破』等。佛以一句責云：『汝見是忍不？』思惟千久不得一法入心。乃云：『沙門瞿曇著我置二負門中。若我答忍，是負門麁，眾人皆知。云何自言不忍，而今言忍，現見妄語。若答言我見不忍，是負門細，無人知者。』即便答言：『是見亦不忍。』佛言：『不忍是見，將何破他？眾人無異，何用自高而生慢為？』長爪於是不能答佛，自知墮負。『世尊不彰我過、不言是非。』心調柔軟，得法眼淨。」長爪所計即屬單四見中雙非見，或當單四見中後三見及無言見。若言一切不受，即似無見。荊溪云：眾人無異者，指於諸起見者。小小避就，但云眾人。 > Second, from "As the Buddha" below, citing an incident as proof, \[which has\] two \[parts\]: First, correctly citing. The first fascicle of the Da zhidu lun says: "There was a heterodox mendicant named Dīrghanakha ('Long-Nails'), who was a great debater. He held that all treatises could be demolished, all statements could be destroyed, and all attachments could be overturned; therefore there was no real dharma that could be trusted or respected." As stated in the Śāriputra-pūrvāpara Sūtra: "He was Śāriputra's maternal uncle. Because his sister was pregnant with a wise child, he repeatedly lost debates to her. Ashamed of his inferiority, he traveled to study. Having completed his studies, he returned to his home country, looking for his nephew but not seeing him. He went to challenge the Buddha, saying: 'All treatises can be demolished,' and so forth. With a single phrase the Buddha reproached him: 'Do you accept this view of yours or not?' Thinking for a long time, he could not find a single dharma entering his mind. He then said: 'The recluse Gautama has placed me in two gates of defeat. If I answer that I accept it, this gate of defeat is coarse, known to everyone: how can one who says he accepts nothing now say he accepts, visibly lying? If I answer that I do not accept my view, this gate of defeat is subtle, known to no one.' He immediately answered: 'I do not accept this view either.' The Buddha said: 'If you do not accept this view, with what will you refute others? You are no different from the multitude; why be conceited and give rise to pride?' Thereupon Dīrghanakha could not answer the Buddha, knowing himself to have fallen into defeat. 'The World-Honored One did not expose my fault, nor did he declare right or wrong.' His mind became supple and soft, and he attained the purity of the Dharma eye." What Dīrghanakha maintained belonged to the double negation view among the simple four views, or corresponded to the latter three views among the simple four views, as well as the view of wordlessness. If one says that one accepts nothing, it seems like having no view. Jingxi says: "No different from the multitude" refers to those who give rise to views. Slightly accommodating, he merely said "the multitude." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.3.43) - [Next: 3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.3.45) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779~en-mt.3.44) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [止觀輔行傳弘決](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.5.56.3) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.3.44) · Pramāṇa