[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) › 1.93 # 肇論 1.93 肇論 1.93 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.93) 無名曰：夫真由離起，偽因著生；著故有得，離故無名。是以則真者同真，法偽者同偽。子以有得為得，故求於有得耳。吾以無得為得，故得在於無得也。且談論之作，必先定其本。既論涅槃，不可離涅槃而語涅槃也。若即涅槃以興言，誰獨非涅槃而欲得之耶？何者？夫涅槃之道，妙盡常數，融治二儀，蕩滌萬有，均天人，同一異。內視不已見，返聽不我聞；未嘗有得，未嘗無得。經曰：「涅槃非眾生，亦不異眾生。」維摩詰言：「若彌勒得滅度者，一切眾生亦當滅度。所以者何？一切眾生本性常滅，不復更滅。」此名滅度，在於無滅者也。然則眾生非眾生，誰為得之者？涅槃非涅槃，誰為可得者？《放光》云：「菩提從有得耶？答曰：不也。從無得耶？答曰：不也。從有無得耶？答曰：不也。離有無得耶？答曰：不也。然則都無得耶？答曰：不也。是義云何？答曰：無所得故為得也，是故得無所得也。」無所得謂之得者，誰獨不然耶？然則玄道在於絕域，故不得以得之；妙智存乎物外，故不知以知之。大象隱於無形；故不見以見之；大音匿於希聲，故不聞以聞之。故能囊括終古導達群方，亭毒蒼生疎而不漏。汪哉洋哉，何莫由之哉！故梵志曰：「吾聞佛道，厥義弘深，汪洋無涯；靡不成就，靡不度生。」然則三乘之路開，真偽之途辯，賢聖之道存，無名之致顯矣！ > Nameless said: Now, the true arises from detachment; the false is generated by attachment. Because of attachment, there is attainment; because of detachment, there is namelessness. Therefore, one who models upon the true is one with the true; one who emulates the false is one with the false. You take attainment to be attainment, and so you seek within attainment. I take non-attainment to be attainment, and so attainment lies in non-attainment. Moreover, whenever discourse is undertaken, one must first determine its root. When discussing nirvāṇa, one cannot speak of nirvāṇa while separated from nirvāṇa. If one speaks by being identical with nirvāṇa, who alone is not nirvāṇa, that they would wish to attain it? Why is this? Now, the Way of nirvāṇa is wondrously beyond all ordinary categories; it harmonizes and unifies the two primal powers \[of heaven and earth\], cleanses the ten thousand things, equalizes heaven and humanity, and unifies sameness and difference. Looking inward, it does not see itself; listening backward, it does not hear itself. Never has there been attainment; never has there been non-attainment. A sūtra says: 'Nirvāṇa is not sentient beings, nor is it different from sentient beings.' Vimalakīrti said: 'If Maitreya attains parinirvāṇa, then all sentient beings should also attain parinirvāṇa. Why is this? The original nature of all sentient beings is constantly extinguished, and does not become extinguished anew.' This is called parinirvāṇa consisting in non-extinction. Thus sentient beings are not sentient beings—who could be the one who attains it? Nirvāṇa is not nirvāṇa—what could be that which is attained? The Fangguang jing says: 'Is bodhi attained through being? The reply: No. Is it attained through non-being? The reply: No. Is it attained through both being and non-being? The reply: No. Is it attained apart from being and non-being? The reply: No. In that case, is there totally no attainment? The reply: No. What does this mean? The reply: Because there is nothing attained (anupalambha), it is called attainment; therefore one attains the unobtained.' As for 'nothing attained is called attainment'—who alone would not be so? Thus the mysterious Way resides in a realm beyond; hence through non-attainment one attains it. Subtle wisdom abides outside of things; hence through unknowing one knows it. The great image is concealed in the formless; hence through non-seeing one sees it. The great tone is hidden in faint sound; hence through non-hearing one hears it. Therefore it can encompass all antiquity and guide all directions, nourishing living beings, coarse-meshed yet letting nothing slip. Vast indeed, boundless indeed! What does not proceed from it? Thus the Brahmacārin said: 'I have heard of the Buddha's Way: its meaning is vast and profound, boundless and shoreless; there is nothing it does not accomplish, no being it does not deliver.' Thus the path of the triyāna is opened, the ways of the true and the false are distinguished, the Way of the sages and worthies is preserved, and the purport of namelessness is made manifest! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.92) - [Next: 1.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.94) - [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.1.93) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.93) · Pramāṇa