[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) › 2.11 # 金光明經玄義 2.11 金光明經玄義 2.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1783.2.11) 次觀心三般若金光明者，諦觀一念之心即空即假即中，即是三般若。何者？一念心一切心、一切心一心，非一非一切。一念心一切心者，從心生心雜雜沓沓，長風駛流不得為喻。日夜常生無量百千萬億眾生，六道輪迴十二鉤鎖，從闇入闇闇無邊際，皆心之過也。故言一念心一切心，是則凡夫所迷沒處。一切心一心者，若能知過生厭，皆自持出，如小火燒大𧂐薪，置一小珠澄清巨海。能觀心空，從心所生一切諸心無不即空，故言一切心一心。如此一心，乃是二乘所迷沒處，非究竟道雙亡二邊故。煩惱非一非一切，《大經》言「依智不依識」，識但求樂，凡夫識妄求樂，二乘識求涅槃樂，是故雙亡不可依止。智則求理，如是觀者即是一心三智，即空是觀照般若一切智，即假是方便般若道種智，即中是實相般若一切種智。是三智一心中得，即空即假即中，無前無後不並不別，甚深微妙最可依止。是為觀心三般若金光明。六即如前。 > Next is contemplating the mind to clarify the three kinds of prajñā as Suvarṇaprabhāsa: clearly contemplating a single thought-moment of the mind as simultaneously empty, conventional, and middle is itself the three kinds of prajñā. How so? A single thought-moment of mind is all minds; all minds are a single mind; it is neither one nor all. "A single thought-moment of mind is all minds": from the mind, minds are produced in a dense and chaotic rush, for which a long wind or a rapid current cannot serve as an analogy. Day and night, immeasurable hundreds of thousands of ten-millions of billions of sentient beings are constantly produced, transmigrating in the six paths, locked in the twelve chains, entering from darkness into darkness, the darkness without limit—all of this is the fault of the mind. Therefore it is said: "A single thought-moment of mind is all minds"; this is the place where ordinary beings are deluded and submerged. "All minds are a single mind": if one can recognize the fault and give rise to revulsion, all will naturally emerge, just as a small spark burns a great mountain of firewood, or placing a small pearl clarifies the vast ocean. Being able to contemplate the mind as empty, all minds produced from the mind are without exception empty; therefore it is said: "All minds are a single mind." Such a single mind is actually the place where the two vehicles are deluded and submerged; it is not the ultimate path, because both extremes must be doubly extinguished. Afflictions are neither one nor all. The Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra says: "Rely on wisdom, do not rely on consciousness." Consciousness only seeks pleasure: the consciousness of ordinary beings falsely seeks pleasure; the consciousness of the two vehicles seeks the pleasure of nirvāṇa. Therefore, both are extinguished and cannot be relied upon. Wisdom seeks principle. One who contemplates in this manner possesses the three wisdoms in a single mind: \[the mind as\] empty is illuminating prajñā, the all-knowledge; \[the mind as\] conventional is expedient prajñā, the knowledge of the aspects of the path; \[the mind as\] middle is real-mark prajñā, the knowledge of all aspects. These three wisdoms are attained in a single mind, being simultaneously empty, conventional, and middle, without before or after, neither combined nor separate, profoundly deep and wondrous, most worthy of reliance. This is Suvarṇaprabhāsa in contemplating the mind's three kinds of prajñā. The six identities of stages are as before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1783.2.10) - [Next: 2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1783.2.12) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1783.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1783~en-mt.2.11) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.90.5.3) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1783.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1783.2.11) · Pramāṇa