[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) › [淨名玄論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780) › 1.16 # 淨名玄論 1.16 淨名玄論 1.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.1.16) 初雖悟不二，未離名言，如始習浮必須依岸，謂聞慧也。次悟既漸深，不須文字，但猶未會理，復假名言，如習浮稍久漸能深入，學猶未善，或時憑岸，則思慧也。已能契理，不假名言，如妙習浮不須依岸，謂修慧也。問：為就一人明三慧、為約三人辨三慧？答：就彼三人，明於三慧。約其悟緣，斯則不定，自有所化三根還同能化說。初門則得聞慧，乃至後二方具思修。自有上根一聞即具三慧，中人待二始得圓滿，下根至三慧門乃備。 > Although in the first \[gate\] one awakens to nonduality, one has not yet departed from name and words; it is like when first learning to swim, one must rely on the bank: this is called the wisdom arisen from hearing. Next, once awakening has gradually deepened, there is no need for written words, yet because one has not yet fully coalesced with principle, one again borrows names and words; it is like when one has practiced swimming for some time, one gradually becomes able to go deep, yet because one's skill is not yet perfected, at times one relies on the bank: this is the wisdom arisen from thinking. Having become able to accord with principle, one does not borrow names and words; it is like when one is marvelous at swimming, one does not need to rely on the bank: this is called the wisdom arisen from cultivation. Question: Are the three wisdoms explained with respect to one person, or are the three wisdoms distinguished with reference to three persons? Answer: With respect to those three persons, the three wisdoms are explained. Referring to the conditions of their awakening, this is not fixed. Naturally, there are instances where the three capacities of those being transformed correspond to the teachings of the transformers: at the first gate they attain the wisdom of hearing, and only with the latter two do they become complete in thinking and cultivation. There are also superior capacities who, upon hearing once, immediately possess all three wisdoms; middling persons wait for the second before reaching fulfillment; inferior capacities only have the wisdom gates complete upon reaching the third. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.1.15) - [Next: 1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.1.17) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780~en-mt.1.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.1.16) · Pramāṇa