[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) › 6.36 # 淨名玄論 6.36 淨名玄論 6.36 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.6.36) 《涅槃經》云「一切諸法，無有定相。若有定相，是生死相、是魔王相，非佛法相。」以無定相，故名為得。有定相，所以為失。問：云何無定相耶？答：如一色未曾是性，亦非是假，於性緣成性、於假緣成假。若必定性義，為非假義，為是還成假見假執耳。理內外得亦爾，色何曾是得是無得耶。又如一色未曾真俗。於凡為俗。於聖為真耳？又即就俗中亦無定性，貪人見色淨、不淨觀人見色不淨、無適漠人非淨。又不淨之物，於人為不淨，畜見為淨。淨物於人為淨，於餘為不淨。如蠅謂香為不淨，故不耐聞之。又一色亦不定，於無神通人則質礙，於得神通人則非質礙；於人見為白色而為水，於鬼赤色為火。又溺水不矇毛而矇鐵。如金對破餘一切物，為羊角所壞。故知一切法無定性也。 > The Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: 'All phenomena have no fixed marks. If there are fixed marks, these are the marks of saṃsāra, the marks of Māra, not the marks of the Buddhadharma.' Because there are no fixed marks, it is called correctness; having fixed marks is the reason for error. Question: How is there no fixed mark? Answer: For instance, a single form has never been inherent nature, nor is it nominal designation; in relation to nature-conditions it becomes inherent nature, and in relation to nominal conditions it becomes nominal designation. If one fixes the meaning of inherent nature or the meaning of non-nominal, it simply turns back into nominal views and nominal graspings. Apprehension inside and outside the principle is also like this; how has form ever been apprehension or non-apprehension? Furthermore, just as a single form has never been real or conventional—is it not merely conventional to the ordinary person and real to the sage? Moreover, even within the conventional there is no fixed nature: a lustful person sees form as pure, a person contemplating impurity sees form as impure, and an indifferent person sees it as neither pure nor impure. Furthermore, an impure object is impure to humans, yet beasts see it as pure. A pure object is pure to humans, yet impure to others. For instance, a fly regards fragrance as impure and therefore cannot bear to smell it. Furthermore, a single form is also unfixed: to one without supernormal powers it is obstructive, but to one who has attained supernormal powers it is unobstructed; to humans it is seen as white and is water, while to pretas it is red and is fire. Furthermore, drowning water does not submerge a feather, yet submerges iron. Just as gold smashes all other things, yet is destroyed by a sheep's horn. Therefore we know that all phenomena have no fixed nature. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.6.35) - [Next: 6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.6.37) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780~en-mt.6.36) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.6.36) · Pramāṇa