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維摩經義疏 1.28

維摩經義疏 1.28

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Classical Chinese

1.28

又阿難從佛聞法,莫生三慧,則自在稱我。問:佛法無我,何得稱我?答:說我有三。一邪見心說,如凡夫外道;二慢心說,如諸學人;三名字說,如諸羅漢。阿難了知實相非我非無我,隨世俗故稱之為我,即無我而我。不聞而聞稱為我聞。

Furthermore, when Ānanda heard the Dharma from the Buddha, not one of the three kinds of wisdom failed to arise; thus he sovereignly said "I". Question: The Buddha's Dharma is without a self; how can he say "I"? Answer: Speaking of "I" has three kinds: first, speaking with a mind of wrong views, like ordinary beings and non-Buddhists; second, speaking with a mind of conceit, like practitioners still in training; third, speaking in terms of mere designation, like the arhats. Ānanda thoroughly understood that the true mark is neither self nor non-self, and following worldly convention he therefore called it "I"; that is, a self that is non-self. Hearing without hearing is called "have I heard".

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