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# 肇論疏 2.3

肇論疏 2.3

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1859.2.3)

此論第三，明因申般若教也。而言般若者，梵音，此云智慧也。無智者，無有取相之知耳。常人皆謂般若是智，則有知也，若有知則有取著，若有取著即不契無生。今明般若真智無取無緣，雖證真諦而不取相，故云無知。

> This is the third treatise, which clarifies the causes and conditions to unfold the teaching of prajñā. Stating 'prajñā' is Sanskrit; here it means wisdom. 'Without knowing' simply means having no cognition that grasps marks. Ordinary people all say that prajñā is knowledge and therefore possesses knowing; if it has knowing, then it has grasping and attachment; if it has grasping and attachment, it does not accord with non-arising. Now it is clarified that the true wisdom of prajñā has no grasping and no conditioning objects; although it realizes the ultimate truth, it does not grasp marks, and hence is called 'without knowing'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1859~en-mt.2.3) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.6.20) — Classical Chinese

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