[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) › [二諦義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854) › 2.23 # 二諦義 2.23 二諦義 2.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854.2.23) 問：若為俗是真義、真是俗義？空是色義、色是空義耶？解云：《大品經》中自釋。彼經云「色即空、空即色。真即俗、俗即真。」既云真即俗，真豈非俗義？又《中論》云「因緣所生法，我說即是空。」因緣生法即是有，既即是空，真豈非俗義？釋此偈具釋經，論引經釋，論即釋經也。又義是名之所以、真是俗之所以，故真為俗義。經云「欲令眾生深識第一義諦，是故如來宣說世諦。」既說世諦令識第一義諦者，則俗為真，名真為俗義也。俗諦既然，真亦爾也。 > Question: How is conventional the meaning of ultimate, and ultimate the meaning of conventional? How is emptiness the meaning of form, and form the meaning of emptiness? Explanation: The Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā itself explains it. That sūtra says: "Form is emptiness; emptiness is form. The ultimate is the conventional; the conventional is the ultimate." Since it says that the ultimate is the conventional, how could the ultimate not be the meaning of the conventional? Furthermore, the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā says: "The dharmas arisen from causes and conditions, I explain as emptiness." Dharmas arisen from causes and conditions are existence; since they are emptiness, how could the ultimate not be the meaning of conventional? Explaining this verse fully explains the sūtra; the treatise cites the sūtra to explain, and the treatise is precisely explaining the sūtra. Furthermore, meaning is the reason for a name; the ultimate is the reason for the conventional; therefore, the ultimate is the meaning of the conventional. The sūtra says: "Wishing to cause sentient beings to deeply know the ultimate truth, the Tathāgata therefore preaches the conventional truth." Since preaching the conventional truth causes one to know the ultimate truth, the conventional is for the ultimate, and the ultimate is called the meaning of the conventional. Conventional truth being like this, ultimate truth is also so. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854.2.22) - [Next: 2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854.2.24) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854~en-mt.2.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854.2.23) · Pramāṇa