[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) › 1.3 # 金光明經玄義 1.3 金光明經玄義 1.3 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1783.1.3) 此金光明甚深無量，太虛空界尚不喻其高廣，況山斤海滴寧得盡其邊崖？日輪赫奕，非嬰兒之所瞻仰；大舶樓櫓，豈新產者之所執持？諸佛行處，過諸菩薩所行清淨，況二乘心口安可思說？凡夫徒欲言之，言則傷其實；徒欲不言，默則致其失，二俱不可。欲以言之，言亦不可；欲以默之，默亦不可。故《大品》中梵志云「非內觀故得是菩提，非外觀故得是菩提，非亦內亦外觀故得是菩提。」經言「皆不可思說。又生生不可說，生不生不可說，不生生不可說，不生不生不可說。」有因緣故亦可得說者，以金為名，名蓋眾寶之上。以法性為體，義則如來所游莊嚴菩薩深妙功德以為宗，照曜諸天心生歡喜以為用。故文號經王、教攝眾典，故唯貴為名、唯極為體、唯深為宗、唯大為用、唯王為教。所以不二之體常為四佛世尊之所護持，三世十方亦復如是。一切菩薩，遍他方以遙禮；樹神善女，親雨淚以稱揚。諸天覆之以天威、地祇潤之以地肥，大辯加之以辯道、功德益之以財寶，諸有悉乾枯、三塗除熱惱。舉要言之，一切世間未曾有事悉皆出現。是以金龍尊王三世讚歎，地神發願以護說者，上聖既爾，豈況人乎？敢託斯義，輒欲興言，冀涓露入海、禽鳥向山，實藉片緣同均鹹色。 > This Suvarṇaprabhāsa is profoundly deep and measureless. Even empty space cannot serve as an analogy for its height and breadth, so how could the weight of mountains or drops of the ocean ever fathom its limits? The blazing splendor of the solar disk is not something an infant can gaze up at; the oars and rudders of a great vessel—how could a newborn infant take hold of them? The realm traversed by the buddhas surpasses the purity traversed by all bodhisattvas, so how could the minds and mouths of those of the two vehicles ever conceive of or speak of it? If worldlings in vain wish to speak of it, to speak is to compromise its reality; if they in vain wish not to speak of it, silence leads to error. Both are untenable. If one wishes to speak of it, speaking is also impossible; if one wishes to keep silent, silence is also impossible. Therefore, in the \*Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā\*, a brahmacārin says: “It is not by internal contemplation that one attains this bodhi; it is not by external contemplation that one attains this bodhi; nor is it by both internal and external contemplation that one attains this bodhi.” The sūtra says: “All are beyond thought and speech. Furthermore, production of production cannot be spoken of; production of non-production cannot be spoken of; non-production of production cannot be spoken of; non-production of non-production cannot be spoken of.” Yet because there are causes and conditions, it can also be spoken of: taking “gold” as its title, this title surpasses all precious gems. Taking dharmatā as its substance, its meaning takes the profound and wondrous merits of the bodhisattva adorned by the Tathāgata's wanderings as its gist, and illuminating all the gods so that they give rise to joy in their minds as its function. Hence the text is entitled the king of sūtras, and its teaching subsumes all scriptures. Therefore it is solely precious as a title, solely ultimate as substance, solely profound as gist, solely vast as function, and solely kingly as teaching. For this reason, its non-dual substance is ever protected and maintained by the four Buddha World-Honoured Ones, and the same is true of the three periods of time and the ten directions. All bodhisattvas throughout other realms pay homage from afar; tree deities and virtuous women personally weep tears as they praise it. The gods cover it with divine majesty; the earth spirits moisten it with terrestrial richness; the deity of Great Eloquence augments it with the path of eloquence; the deity of Merits enriches it with wealth and jewels; all states of existence are completely dried up; and the three evil destinies are freed from burning torments. In short, all unprecedented phenomena throughout the worlds entirely manifest. Therefore, King Suvarṇaprabhāsagarbha praised it throughout the three periods of time, and the earth deity made a vow to protect those who expound it. Since supreme sages do so, how much more so should human beings? Daring to rely on this meaning, I venture to raise my voice, hoping that a drop of dew entering the sea or birds flying toward the mountain may truly depend on this slight condition to share equally in the salty flavor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1783.1.2) - [Next: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1783.1.4) - [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.1.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [合部金光明經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*zh-t664.1.12) — Classical Chinese - [金光明經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*zh-dharmaksema.1.7) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1783.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1783.1.3) · Pramāṇa