[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) › [因明入正理論疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1840) › 1.21 # 因明入正理論疏 1.21 因明入正理論疏 1.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1840.1.21) 六問：「因喻能立，可說因明。宗非能立，應非因明。」答：「由不決定，故所立非。從定為名，故無有失。又能因能明，正是因明。所因所明，兼亦因明。又今者所立唯宗，能立雖唯因喻，言不違古，宗亦因明。」 > Sixth question: "Reason and example are proofs (sādhana), so they can be called hetuvidyā. The thesis is not a proof, so it should not be hetuvidyā." Answer: "Because it is undetermined, what is to be established is not \[a proof\]. Taking its name from what is determined, there is no fault. Furthermore, what can cause and what can illuminate is properly hetuvidyā; what is caused and what is illuminated is also collaterally hetuvidyā. Furthermore, what is now to be established is solely the thesis, and although the proof is solely the reason and example, in order not to contradict the ancient \[usage\], the thesis is also hetuvidyā." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1840.1.20) - [Next: 1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1840.1.22) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1840.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1840~en-mt.1.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1840.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1840.1.21) · Pramāṇa