[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) › [金光明經玄義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1783) › 1.13 # 金光明經玄義 1.13 金光明經玄義 1.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1783.1.13) 云何三？云何涅槃？性淨、圓淨、方便淨是為三。不生不滅名涅槃。諸法實相不可染不可淨，不染即不生、不淨即不滅，不生不滅名性淨涅槃。修因契理惑畢竟不生、智畢竟不滅，不生不滅名圓淨涅槃。寂而常照、機感即生，此生非生；緣謝即滅，此滅非滅，不生不滅名方便淨涅槃。當知此三涅槃，不生不滅即是常，常故名樂，樂故名我，我故名淨。涅槃既即常樂我淨，即是三德可尊可重故，即是三寶無二無別。既以金光明喻三德三寶，還以金光明喻三涅槃也。 > What is meant by "three"? What is meant by "nirvāṇa"? Purity of nature, round purity, and purity of skillful means are the three. Non-arising and non-ceasing is called nirvāṇa. The real mark of all dharmas can neither be defiled nor purified; non-defilement is non-arising, non-purification is non-ceasing, and non-arising and non-ceasing is called the nirvāṇa of purity of nature. Cultivating the cause and according with the principle, delusion fundamentally never arises, and wisdom fundamentally never ceases; non-arising and non-ceasing is called the nirvāṇa of round purity. Being quiescent yet ever luminous, when responding to an aptitude it is born, yet this birth is not birth; when conditions end it ceases, yet this cessation is not cessation; non-arising and non-ceasing is called the nirvāṇa of purity of skillful means. One should know that regarding these three kinds of nirvāṇa, non-arising and non-ceasing is itself permanence; being permanent, it is called bliss; being bliss, it is called self; being self, it is called purity. Since nirvāṇa is itself permanence, bliss, self, and purity, it is the three virtues; because it can be honoured and revered, it is the three jewels, neither dual nor distinct. Since the Suvarṇaprabhāsa is used as a metaphor for the three virtues and the three jewels, the Suvarṇaprabhāsa is also used as a metaphor for the three kinds of nirvāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1783.1.12) - [Next: 1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1783.1.14) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1783.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1783~en-mt.1.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1783.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1783.1.13) · Pramāṇa