[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) › 4.27 # 淨名玄論 4.27 淨名玄論 4.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.4.27) 問：方便涉有，具幾力耶？答：一有照境之巧、二有不證空力、三窮有行之用。問：涉有無著是方便之功、般若力耶？答：涉有即屬方便之功，無著由般若之力。以般若無著，於般若觀中即有巧方便用，故此方便即能無著。問：方便云何能不證空？答：般若照諸法實相，方便即能照實相諸法，故不洗空觀，名為不證。如釋論云「般若將入畢竟空，無諸戲論；方便將出畢竟空，嚴土化人。」此即證上諸力之義。將入畢竟空，即是照實相。無諸戲論，即謂無著斷惑之功也。方便將出畢竟空，即是為般若所導，又是方便不證、照境起行之力。問：般若照諸法實相，云何方便即能照實相諸法？答：名為諸法實相、實相諸法，諸法宛然而實相，實相宛然而諸法。諸法與實相，不二而二、二常不二。二境既爾，二慧得然。般若照諸法實相，而方便則能照實相諸法也。問：雖復實相，而宛然諸法。漚和照此，既名□者，亦雖復諸法而宛然實相。波若照之，何以不巧？答：通義例爾，如上隱顯釋之。又波若照實相而能不著，二乘亦有其分，則巧義不彰，故不名方便。即空而能起有，此用既妙，故聲聞絕分、菩薩獨有，故與方便之名。 > Question: When upāya engages with existence, how many powers does it possess? Answer: First, it has the skill of illuminating objects; second, it has the power of not realizing emptiness; third, it exhausts the function of practices within existence. Question: Is engaging with existence without attachment the accomplishment of upāya, or the power of prajñā? Answer: Engaging with existence pertains to the accomplishment of upāya; absence of attachment stems from the power of prajñā. Because prajñā is without attachment, within the contemplation of prajñā there is the function of skillful upāya; hence this upāya can be without attachment. Question: How is upāya able not to realize emptiness? Answer: Prajñā illuminates the dharmatā of all phenomena; upāya can then illuminate all phenomena within dharmatā; therefore, not expunging the contemplation of emptiness is termed 'not realizing \[emptiness\]'. As the Dazhidulun states: "Prajñā brings one into ultimate emptiness, free of all conceptual proliferations; upāya brings one out of ultimate emptiness to adorn the lands and transform people." This confirms the meanings of the various powers above. Bringing one into ultimate emptiness is illuminating dharmatā. Being free of all conceptual proliferations refers to the function of non-attachment and the severing of afflictions. Upāya bringing one out of ultimate emptiness means being guided by prajñā, and is also the power of upāya in not realizing \[emptiness\], illuminating objects, and initiating practices. Question: Prajñā illuminates the dharmatā of all phenomena; how is upāya able to illuminate all phenomena within dharmatā? Answer: They are called the dharmatā of all phenomena and all phenomena of dharmatā: all phenomena are vividly apparent yet dharmatā; dharmatā is vividly apparent yet all phenomena. All phenomena and dharmatā are not two yet two, two yet constantly not two. The two objects being so, the two wisdoms must also be so. Prajñā illuminates the dharmatā of all phenomena, while upāya can illuminate all phenomena within dharmatā. Question: Although it is dharmatā, it is vividly apparent as all phenomena. When upāya illuminates this, it is called \[skillful\]; conversely, although they are all phenomena, they are vividly apparent as dharmatā. When prajñā illuminates this, why is it not considered skillful? Answer: In a shared sense, the principle applies equally, as explained above regarding concealment and disclosure. Furthermore, when prajñā illuminates dharmatā and can remain unattached, the two vehicles also share a part in it; hence the meaning of 'skill' is not manifest, so it is not named upāya. Proceeding directly from emptiness to be able to give rise to existence—this function being wondrous, the śrāvakas have no share in it and it belongs solely to bodhisattvas; therefore it is given the name of upāya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.4.26) - [Next: 4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.4.28) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780~en-mt.4.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.4.27) · Pramāṇa