[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) › 2.38 # 肇論新疏 2.38 肇論新疏 2.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.2.38) 文似老書，義意實殊。虛心者，無知相故。實照者，有照用故。終日下，知即無知故。默耀下，正顯無相。但般若之體了非分別，義言韜默非故藏匿。閉智下，智及聰屬能證之智，冥冥屬所證之理，以智證理返照歸寂，亦義言閉塞。獨覺者，智無二故。《金光明》說：「佛果功德，唯如如及如如智獨存。」如如深窅，故曰冥冥。慈恩大師云：「性質杳冥。」義正同此。上乃權實不分、寂用雙融，實相般若該於一切。自下約二諦以明二智，不二而二、二而不二，即開實相為觀照也。以演宗中悲智相導，一念之力權慧具矣。 > The text resembles the book of Laozi, but the doctrinal meaning is truly different. "Empties his mind" is because there are no characteristics of knowing. "Solidifies his illumination" is because there is the function of illumination. From "knowing all day long" downward is because knowing is identical to non-knowing. From "silently \[conceal\] his light" downward directly reveals animitta. However, the substance of prajñā is utterly non-conceptual; in sense it is said to be "concealed and silent," not that it intentionally hides itself. From "shut off wisdom" downward, wisdom and hearing belong to the subject wisdom that realizes; the profound and remote belongs to the object principle that is realized; by using wisdom to realize principle, illumination returns to quietude, which is also figuratively called "shut off and stopped up." "Uniquely awaken" is because wisdom is non-dual. The Suvarṇaprabhāsa says: "Among the virtues of the Buddha-fruit, only tathatā and the wisdom of tathatā uniquely abide." Tathatā is deep and obscure; thus it is called "profound and remote." Great Master Ci'en says: "Its nature is dark and obscure." The meaning is precisely the same as this. The above text does not divide the provisional and the real, and quiescence and function are both interfused: the prajñā of dharmatā encompasses everything. From here downward, it clarifies the two wisdoms based on the two truths: not two and yet two, two and yet not two, which opens dharmatā into observational illumination. In explicating the tradition, compassion and wisdom guide each other; within the power of a single thought-moment, expedient means and wisdom are fully present. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.2.37) - [Next: 2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.2.39) - [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.2.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.2.38) · Pramāṇa