Pramāṇa · Search · About · API

淨名玄論 3.16

English (machine translation) 3.16

Language
English

3.16

Regarding both wisdoms being bound as not inconceivable: If there is a provisional that can be provisional, then there is a real that can be real. If there is a provisional that can be provisional, it is not provisional by reason of the real; if there is a real that can be real, it is not real by reason of the provisional. Not being real by reason of the provisional, this real is not the real of the provisional; not being provisional by reason of the real, this provisional is not the provisional of the real. The provisional not being the provisional of the real, the provisional is an intrinsic provisional; the real not being the real of the provisional, the real is an intrinsic real. The provisional being an intrinsic provisional, the provisional cannot become the real; the real being an intrinsic real, the real cannot become the provisional. Provisional and real such as these each abide in their own intrinsic nature, unable to act freely at ease, unhindered and boundless, and are therefore called bound. Because they are bound, they are not inconceivable; rather, they are the two views of annihilation and permanence with apprehension belonging to ordinary persons and the two vehicles—how could they be called the wondrous contemplation of the buddhas and bodhisattvas?

Linked texts (1)