肇論新疏 2.30

2.30

He briefly cites two sūtras to demonstrate what this treatise takes as its doctrinal basis. The Fangguang is the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā, differing only through two translations. Fascicle 20 says: "Prajñā has no mark of possessing anything." Fascicle 15 says: "Subhūti! The prajñāpāramitā has the mark of neither arising nor ceasing." Fascicle 1 of the Daoxing says: "From what should the prajñāpāramitā be expounded? The bodhisattva can neither be seen nor known at all." "Having no mark of possessing anything" means that marks such as being, non-being, knowing, and seeing are all departed from. "Having no mark of arising and ceasing" means that it is not produced by causes and conditions. Furthermore, the four characteristics do not shift, and the three periods of time do not change. The rest is explained below.