[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) › 3.9 # 淨名玄論 3.9 淨名玄論 3.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.3.9) 三者外示不思議跡。若形若聲及說不思議本，若境若智，並非下位菩薩及與二乘凡夫所能測度，故名不思議。不思議體，但有於三不思議名，亦唯此三義。問：此與關中舊釋何異？答：肇公云「深遠幽微，二乘不能測」，謂不思議三義之中但是後意耳。生公云「不思議者凡有二種：一者空理，非惑情所測；二者神奇，非淺識能知」，三意之中具說初二義。什公云「法身菩薩有所施為，欲能則能，不須作意」，三種之中亦得其一。今且敘三門，復辨本末次第及內外不同，則抱前諸意。 > Third, externally manifesting the traces of the inconceivable. Whether physical form or voice, as well as the expounding of the root of the inconceivable, whether object or cognition—all are beyond what lower-stage bodhisattvas, the two vehicles, and ordinary beings can fathom; therefore it is called inconceivable. The essence of the inconceivable has only three, and the name "inconceivable" also has only these three meanings. Question: How does this differ from the old explanations of the Guanzhong school? Answer: Master Sengzhao said, "Profound, remote, subtle, and obscure, it cannot be fathomed by the two vehicles," which refers only to the latter meaning among the three meanings of inconceivable. Master Daosheng said, "The inconceivable has two kinds: first, the principle of emptiness, which cannot be fathomed by deluded sentiments; second, the marvelous and extraordinary, which cannot be known by shallow understanding," which articulates the first two meanings among the three meanings. Master Kumārajīva said, "When a dharmakāya bodhisattva performs an action, if they wish to be capable of it, they are capable of it, without needing to generate intention," which grasps one among the three kinds. Now, presenting the three approaches, and further discerning the order of root and trace and the differences between internal and external, embraces all the preceding meanings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.3.8) - [Next: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.3.10) - [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.3.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.3.9) · Pramāṇa