[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) › [觀心論疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921) › 2.21 # 觀心論疏 2.21 觀心論疏 2.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.2.21) 答：只為不知觀心，而結生八萬四千煩惱之氷，若能觀智，照了即融，出八萬四千諸波羅密之水。而氷水未嘗有異，解惑何得別體？為不了故，示心諸過，令知罪必改、疾除忘惑，示心法門令識福不忘、勤修習之。為是義故，約心觀於外惑也。又且心是一法，易可觀之，萬法萬境逐物意移，難可照也。 > Answer: It is simply because of not knowing to contemplate the mind that the ice of the eighty-four thousand defilements congeals and forms. If one is able to exercise contemplative wisdom, illuminating and understanding it, it immediately melts, giving forth the water of the eighty-four thousand pāramitās. Yet ice and water have never been different; how could understanding and delusion have separate essences? Because \[people\] do not understand, \[the treatise\] shows the mind's various faults, causing them to know their offenses and surely reform them, swiftly eliminating and forgetting delusions; and it shows the mind's dharma-doors, causing them to recognize merit without forgetting, diligently cultivating and practicing them. For this reason, it contemplates external delusions with respect to the mind. Furthermore, the mind is a single dharma, easy to contemplate; whereas the myriad dharmas and myriad objects shift with external things and the intent, making them difficult to illuminate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.2.20) - [Next: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.2.22) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921~en-mt.2.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.2.21) · Pramāṇa