[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) › 1.28 # 淨名玄論 1.28 淨名玄論 1.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.1.28) 問：上云道超四句，至聖以之仲默。今此三門但明不二，唯絕有無二句，非四絕也，則明理未圓，何名滿教？答：蓋是未體無二之言，故興未圓之難耳。何者？今辨三門同皆絕四，故理無不圓、教無不滿。問：既同絕四，寧有三階？答：雖同絕四，四絕不同。初門寄言明理絕，未辨理絕言亦絕。次門明理絕言亦絕，但猶借言明二絕。後門辨理絕言亦絕，借言亦復絕。故眾人得一絕，文殊得二絕，淨名得三絕，故有三門不同。蓋是契玄之妙術、寂累之要門，雖為一篇之經，而實網羅眾教。 > Question: Above, it was said that the Path transcends the four propositions, and the supreme sage therefore observed silence. Now these three gates only illuminate nonduality, merely transcending the two propositions of existence and nonexistence, and are not the transcendence of the four; if so, their illumination of principle is not yet complete, so how can it be called the full teaching? Answer: This is simply failing to understand the words on nonduality, and thus raising the objection of incompleteness. How so? Now we distinguish that the three gates all equally transcend the four; hence there is no principle that is not roundly complete, and no teaching that is not fully realized. Question: Since they equally transcend the four, how can there be three gradations? Answer: Although they equally transcend the four, their transcendence of the four is not the same. The first gate relies on words to illuminate the transcendence of principle, not yet distinguishing that with principle transcended, words are also transcended. The next gate illuminates that principle is transcended and words are also transcended, yet still borrows words to illuminate the transcendence of both. The latter gate distinguishes that principle is transcended and words are also transcended, and the borrowing of words is furthermore transcended. Therefore, the assembly attains one transcendence, Mañjuśrī attains two transcendences, and Vimalakīrti attains three transcendences; thus there is the difference of the three gates. This is the marvelous technique for according with the profound, the essential gate for tranquilizing entanglements; although it is a single section of the sūtra, it truly encompasses all the teachings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.1.27) - [Next: 1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.1.29) - [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.1.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.1.28) · Pramāṇa