[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) › [肇論疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1859) › 3.15 # 肇論疏 3.15 肇論疏 3.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1859.3.15) 具如此論文所明。肇公因此語，遂作〈涅槃論〉。今言遇蒙答書，即此書也。斯乃下，已前是姚興語，此下肇公稱歎也。自非道參文殊，參，雜也。侔，並也（玄湜意，參，交參也。玄道交文殊大聖也。侔並未詳）。此二菩薩，一是法王子地菩薩，一是一生補處菩薩也，孰能正之？以參並菩薩，故能如此耳。使夫聖教卷而復舒幽旨淪而更顯也，以宣揚玄道為法城塹，故佛教雖卷，今時更舒；幽旨雖淪，今時更顯也。淪，沒也。尋玩慇懃，尋讀玩味不能捨離，且忻且悟交在懷抱，動手舞蹈，無閑暇也。豈直當時之勝範，豈直，言不但也。範，法也。方者，將來也。《莊注》云：凡言方，且未來也。 > This is fully clarified in this treatise. It was because of these words that Master Sengzhao composed the "Treatise on the Namelessness of Nirvāṇa". Here, the statement "fortunate enough to receive your reply" refers precisely to this letter. From "This indeed..." onward: what came before were the words of Yao Xing; from here onward, Master Sengzhao praises them. "Unless one's Way were equal to Mañjuśrī's": can means to mix; mou means to equal. (In Xuan Shi's view, can means to intertwine; his profound Way intertwines with that of the great sage Mañjuśrī. The meaning of mou as equaling is not yet clear.) These two bodhisattvas: one is a bodhisattva at the ground of Dharma-prince, and one is a bodhisattva with one life remaining. "Who could correct it?" Because he is on a par with these bodhisattvas, he was able to act like this. "Causing the sage's teaching, having rolled up, to unfold once more, and the hidden principle, having submerged, to become apparent again": because he proclaimed the profound Way to serve as a moat and rampart for the Dharma, therefore, although the Buddha's teaching had rolled up, it now unfolds again; although the hidden principle had submerged, it now becomes apparent again. Lun means submerged. "Reflecting upon and relishing it with earnest devotion": reading and pondering it, relishing its flavor, he could not bear to put it down; joy and awakening mingled in his heart, so that his hands moved and he danced without pause. "How could it merely be an eminent model for that time?" "How merely" means not only. Fan means model. Fang means the future. The Zhuangzi Commentary says: "Wherever fang is used, it refers to the approaching future." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1859.3.14) - [Next: 3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1859.3.16) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1859.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1859~en-mt.3.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1859.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1859.3.15) · Pramāṇa