[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) › [肇論新疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860) › 2.216 # 肇論新疏 2.216 肇論新疏 2.216 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.216](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.2.216) 初句牒經。《大品．遍學品》云：「諸法無相，非一相、非異相。若修無相，是修般若」等。此中略引一句也。豈曰下，引事會釋。鳧雁，屬脛短者；鶴，脛長者。意云：諸法差別，如鳧短鶴長等。然性無不空，空故不異，不待續截夷盈然後平等。亦文借《莊子》，彼云「鳧脛雖短，續之則憂。鶴脛雖長，斷之則悲。」誠以下，不以諸相為不異，但以性空平等故不異也。 > The first sentence cites the sūtra. The "Chapter on Universal Learning" of the Large Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra says: "All phenomena are animitta, neither of one mark nor of different marks. If one cultivates animitta, this is cultivating prajñā," and so forth. Here it quotes one sentence in abridged form. From "how could this mean" onward, concrete examples are cited to provide an expository explanation. The wild duck and goose belong to those whose shanks are short; the crane is one whose shanks are long. The meaning is: the differences among all phenomena are like the duck's shortness and the crane's length. Yet their nature is entirely empty; because it is empty, they are not different, without waiting to lengthen, cut, level, or fill before they are equal. The text also borrows from the Zhuangzi, which says: "A duck's legs, though short, cannot be lengthened without dismay to the duck, and a crane's legs, though long, cannot be shortened without misery to the crane." From "indeed, because" onward, it shows that phenomena are not nondifferent on account of their various marks; it is solely because prakṛti-śūnyatā is equal that they are not different. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.215](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.2.215) - [Next: 2.217](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.2.217) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860~en-mt.2.216) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.2.216](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.2.216) · Pramāṇa