[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) › [華嚴一乘教義分齊章](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866) › 2.14 # 華嚴一乘教義分齊章 2.14 華嚴一乘教義分齊章 2.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.2.14) 問：「若愚位無習即無性者，後縱起習何得為有？」答：「有習非是無習位故，是故有習常恒有，無習自恒無。既不以無習而作習，亦不以無性而為性，以分位差別故。如《涅槃經》云三種人中畢竟死者，喻一闡提無佛性也。『善男子！一闡提輩若遇善友、諸佛菩薩，聞說深法及以不遇，俱不得離一闡提心。何以故？斷善根故。一闡提輩亦得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提心。所以者何？若能發菩提之心，即不復名一闡提性也。善男子！以何緣故說一闡提得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提？一闡提輩實不得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提，如命盡者』等，乃至廣說。當知此中就位前後有無恒定，不相由也。」 > Question: "If the absence of practice in the foolish stage means there is no nature, even if practice is subsequently aroused, how could it come to exist?" Answer: "Having practice is not the stage of lacking practice; therefore, having practice is constantly and eternally existing, while lacking practice is of itself eternally non-existent. One does not turn the lack of practice into practice, nor does one turn the lack of nature into nature, because of the distinction in stages. As the Nirvāṇa-sūtra says regarding those among the three types of people who definitely die, which is an analogy for the icchantika having no Buddha-nature: 'Good sons! If an icchantika meets good friends, buddhas, and bodhisattvas, and hears profound Dharma taught, or even if they do not meet them, in either case they cannot be free from the mind of an icchantika. Why is this? Because they have severed the wholesome roots. An icchantika can also attain the mind of anuttarā-samyak-saṃbodhi. Why is this? If they can generate the mind of awakening, they are no longer designated as having the nature of an icchantika. Good sons! For what reason is it said that an icchantika attains anuttarā-samyak-saṃbodhi? Icchantikas truly do not attain anuttarā-samyak-saṃbodhi, like those whose life-span has ended,' and so forth, up to extensive explanations. One should know that here, existence and non-existence before and after the stages are constantly fixed, and do not depend on one another." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.2.13) - [Next: 2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.2.15) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866~en-mt.2.14) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.2.14) · Pramāṇa