[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) › [瑜伽論記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828) › 23.40 # 瑜伽論記 23.40 瑜伽論記 23.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [23.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.23.40) 若謂有情，能修染淨名增，說都無修習名減，若為諸行厭離欲滅而修習者是名中道也。更有一釋：言喬答摩者，則舊名瞿曇也，是佛種姓。有問何緣乃於佛所修習梵行，若得此問依中道記，謂不增益有實有情修習染淨，亦不損減都無修習也。 > If one claims that a sentient being is able to cultivate defilement and purification, this is called superimposition; saying that there is entirely no cultivation is called depreciation. If one cultivates for the sake of revulsion, dispassion, and cessation regarding conditioned formations, this is called the middle way. There is yet another explanation: 'Gautama' is the old transliteration Qutan, which is the Buddha's clan name (gotra). Someone asks, 'For what reason do you cultivate the holy life under the Buddha?' If one receives this question, one answers relying on the middle way, meaning one neither superimposes that there is a real sentient being cultivating defilement and purification, nor depreciates by claiming there is entirely no cultivation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 23.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.23.39) - [Next: 23.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.23.41) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.23) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828~en-mt.23.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.23.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.23.40) · Pramāṇa