[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) › [肇論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858) › 1.81 # 肇論 1.81 肇論 1.81 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.81) 無名曰：無為無二，則已然矣。結是重惑，可謂頓盡，亦所未喻。經曰：「三箭中的，三獸渡河。」中渡無異，而有淺深之殊者，為力不同故也。三乘眾生，俱濟緣起之津，同鑒四諦之的，絕偽即真，同升無為。然則所乘不一者，亦以智力不同故也。夫群有雖眾，然其量有涯。正使智猶身子、辯若滿願，窮才極慮，莫窺其畔。況乎虛無之數、重玄之域，其道無涯，欲之頓盡耶？書不云乎：「為學者日益，為道者日損。」為道者，為於無為者也。為於無為而曰日損，此豈頓得之謂？要損之又損之，以至於無損耳。經喻螢日，智用可知矣！ > The Nameless said: That the asaṃskṛta is non-dual is indeed so. But to claim that the fetters, which are grave delusions, can be exhausted suddenly—this also is not understood. A sūtra says: 'Three arrows hit the target; three beasts cross the river.' Hitting and crossing are without difference, yet there is the distinction of shallow and deep because their strengths are not the same. Sentient beings of the triyāna all cross the ford of dependent origination and equally perceive the target of the Four Noble Truths, severing the false and reaching the true, equally ascending to the asaṃskṛta. Thus, that what they ride is not one is also because their power of wisdom is not the same. Now, although the various existences are manifold, their measure has limits. Even if one had wisdom like Śāriputra and eloquence like Pūrṇa, exhausting talent and stretching thought, neither could glimpse its boundary. How much less, in the realm of the empty and non-existent and the sphere of the twofold mystery, where the Way is boundless, could one wish to exhaust it suddenly? Does the classic not say: 'In the pursuit of learning, one increases daily; in the pursuit of the Way, one decreases daily'? He who pursues the Way is he who acts for the asaṃskṛta. To act for the asaṃskṛta and yet speak of daily decrease—how could this mean attaining it suddenly? One must decrease it and decrease it again, until one reaches non-decrease. The sūtra gives the analogy of the firefly and the sun; the function of their wisdom can be known from this! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.80) - [Next: 1.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.82) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858~en-mt.1.81) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [肇論疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1859.3.49) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.81) · Pramāṇa