[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) › [摩訶止觀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911) › 7.21 # 摩訶止觀 7.21 摩訶止觀 7.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.7.21) 答：一往然，二往不然。然者，無明即見思，何意非橫障？中智治一切，何不通橫塞？此是一往然義耳。若二往釋者，橫塞障近，不能塞竪通；橫通力弱，不能通竪塞；竪塞深遠，不作橫障；竪通對當別，不通於橫塞耳。 > Answer: From one perspective, yes; from a second perspective, no. As for "yes": avidyā is precisely view and thought \[delusions\]—why would it not be a horizontal hindrance? Middle wisdom cures everything—why would it not open horizontal obstruction? This is the meaning of "yes" from the first perspective. If explaining from the second perspective: horizontal obstruction hinders what is proximate and cannot obstruct vertical opening; horizontal opening has weak power and cannot open vertical obstruction; vertical obstruction is profound and distant and does not form a horizontal hindrance; vertical opening corresponds to its specific counterpart and does not open horizontal obstruction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.7.20) - [Next: 7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.7.22) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911~en-mt.7.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.7.21) · Pramāṇa