[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) › 3.18 # 淨名玄論 3.18 淨名玄論 3.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.3.18) 次、明境不思議，亦有三：一者俗境、二真境、三合明二境。所以明境不思議者，以智不自智，由境發智。良由境不思議，故智不思議耳。若智自不思議、境非不思議，豈得以可思議境發不可思議智、以不思議智照可思議境耶？ > Next, to explain the inconceivability of objects, there are also three aspects: first, the conventional object; second, the real object; third, explaining the two objects together. The reason for explaining the inconceivability of objects is that cognition is not intrinsically cognition; cognition is elicited by objects. It is truly because objects are inconceivable that cognition is inconceivable. If cognition were intrinsically inconceivable while objects were not inconceivable, how could an object that can be conceived elicit an inconceivable cognition, or an inconceivable cognition illuminate an object that can be conceived? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.3.17) - [Next: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.3.19) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780~en-mt.3.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.3.18) · Pramāṇa