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# 淨名玄論 5.37

淨名玄論 5.37

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.5.37)

問：權實二智，攝智盡不？答：攝智皆盡。經有一智、二智、三智、五智乃至七十七智，皆二智攝。言一智者，則如實智。如實則是佛眼，佛眼無法不見，名權智；而無所見，名為實智。問：如實智但是照實相智，唯應是實智，云何有權智能？答：此明佛眼如實而知，名如實。故是二智也。

> Question: Do provisional and real cognitions completely subsume \[all\] cognitions? Answer: They completely subsume all cognitions. The sūtras speak of one cognition, two cognitions, three cognitions, five cognitions, up to seventy-seven cognitions; all are subsumed by the two cognitions. As for "one cognition," it is the cognition of reality (yathābhūta-jñāna). Reality is the Buddha-eye; because the Buddha-eye sees all dharmas without exception, it is called provisional cognition; yet seeing nothing at all, it is called real cognition. Question: Since the cognition of reality is merely the cognition that illuminates dharmatā, it should only be real cognition; how could it be provisional cognition? Answer: This explains that the Buddha-eye knows in accordance with reality, hence it is called "of reality." Therefore it comprises both cognitions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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