[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) › 3.23 # 淨名玄論 3.23 淨名玄論 3.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.3.23) 四、明不思議多少。問：不思議凡有幾門？答：數甚多，非可具舉。今略陳五種，示其樞要。一聞不聞不思議、二大小不思議、三通別不思議、四本跡不思議、五內外不思議。此五門略攝眾數，義無不收。 > Fourth, explaining the number of inconceivabilities. Question: In general, how many approaches to the inconceivable are there? Answer: The number is exceedingly great and cannot be fully enumerated. We now briefly present five types to show their essentials: first, the inconceivability of hearing and not hearing; second, the inconceivability of the great and the small; third, the inconceivability of the general and the specific; fourth, the inconceivability of the root and the trace; fifth, the inconceivability of the internal and the external. These five approaches summarily subsume the many numbers; no meaning is left ungathered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.3.22) - [Next: 3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.3.24) - [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.3.23) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [維摩經義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1781.1.20) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.3.23) · Pramāṇa