[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) › [注大乘入楞伽經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791) › 4.66 # 注大乘入楞伽經 4.66 注大乘入楞伽經 4.66 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.4.66) 因上言說能顯義，故大慧問為言說是第一義？為所說是第一義？并重舉上第一義心法以請問。而佛答言：非言語是，亦非所說。何以故？第一義者是自證聖智三昧樂境，因言而入非即是言。是故言殺如標月指，若復見月，了知所標畢竟非月。 > Because it was said above that speech can reveal meaning, Mahāmati asks whether speech is the paramārtha-satya, or whether that which is spoken is the paramārtha-satya, and again brings forward the mind-dharma of the paramārtha to inquire. But the Buddha answers, saying: Words are not it, nor is that which is spoken. Why? The paramārtha is the realm of the bliss of samādhi realized inwardly by noble wisdom; one enters by means of words, but it is not words themselves. Therefore, speech is like a finger pointing at the moon; if one sees the moon, one thoroughly knows that what points to it is definitively not the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.4.65) - [Next: 4.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.4.67) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791~en-mt.4.66) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大乘入楞伽經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.lankavatara*zh-siksananda.3.9) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.4.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.4.66) · Pramāṇa