[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) › 5.18 # 淨名玄論 5.18 淨名玄論 5.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.5.18) 問：《大品》何故以境智為無為是正、涅槃以因果為無為是正耶？答：《大品》說菩薩行，實相生於般若，般若故有區和，是故以境智無正。涅槃正明果得，故生死因位以來皆是無常，如來法身始是常住。《涅槃》正辨果法，故以因果為無為是正宗也。涅槃教起，正為無常之執，故開常住、三一空有，前教已明，故但略說。 > Question: Why does the Pañcaviṃśati take object and cognition as saṃskṛta and asaṃskṛta as primary, while the Nirvāṇa takes cause and effect as saṃskṛta and asaṃskṛta as primary? Answer: The Pañcaviṃśati speaks of the bodhisattva's practice: dharmatā produces prajñā, and due to prajñā there is upāya; therefore it takes object and cognition as primary. The Nirvāṇa directly clarifies fruitional attainment; therefore, from saṃsāra up through the causal stages, all is impermanent, and only the Tathāgata's dharmakāya is eternally permanent. The Nirvāṇa directly distinguishes fruitional phenomena; hence taking cause and effect as saṃskṛta and asaṃskṛta is its primary doctrine. The teaching of the Nirvāṇa arose directly for the sake of the attachment to impermanence; hence it discloses eternal permanence. As for the three and the one, and emptiness and existence, the previous teachings had already clarified them, so it only states them briefly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.5.17) - [Next: 5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.5.19) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780~en-mt.5.18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大乘玄論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1853.4.8) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.5.18) · Pramāṇa