[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) › 2.48 # 肇論新疏 2.48 肇論新疏 2.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.2.48) 欲揀前義故，再起文勢，云然其等。實而非有者，雖真照炳然亦非有相，若取為有則著常見。虛而不無者，雖妙湛杳然亦非無心，若取為無則落斷見。故般若妙存所以能聖，若無般若亦無聖人，但不可作有無等思議。其唯下，結屬。 > Wishing to distinguish the preceding meaning, he starts the momentum of the text anew, saying "However, as for its being..." and so forth. "Real yet not existent": although its true illumination is brilliant, it also does not have characteristics of existence; if one grasps it as existent, one clings to eternalism. "Empty yet not non-existent": although its wonderful stillness is profound, it is also not without mind; if one grasps it as non-existent, one falls into nihilism. Thus, because prajñā wonderfully persists, one can be a sage; if there were no prajñā, there would also be no sage. One simply cannot conceive of it in terms of existence and non-existence. From "is it not only" downward, he concludes by attributing it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.2.47) - [Next: 2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.2.49) - [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.2.48) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.2.48) · Pramāṇa