[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) › [楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789) › 4.42 # 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 4.42 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 4.42 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.42) 此以二喻示得失相。一以指指物喻者，喻言說實義。二嬰兒熟食喻者，喻方便修法。然皆有得有失，其理曉然。滯於言說則失第一實義，如但觀指而不觀物。不善修方便，則不契不生不滅之理，如嬰兒食生而不食熟，如是而不發狂者幾希矣！故又戒云「善修方便，莫隨言說」也。 > Here, two similes are used to show the marks of gain and loss. The first is the simile of pointing at an object with a finger, which illustrates speech and real meaning. The second is the simile of an infant eating cooked food, which illustrates the practice of expedient means. Both have gain and loss, and their principle is clear. Stagnating in speech loses the primary real meaning, just like merely looking at the finger without looking at the object. Failing to skillfully cultivate expedient means fails to accord with the principle of non-arising and non-ceasing, just like an infant eating raw food instead of cooked food; in such a case, how rare it would be not to be driven mad! Therefore, he cautions again: 'Skillfully cultivate expedient means and do not follow speech.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.41) - [Next: 4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.43) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789~en-mt.4.42) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་ལང་ཀར་གཤེགས་པའི་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.lankavatara*bo.6.13) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.42) · Pramāṇa