[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) › [釋摩訶般若波羅蜜經覺意三昧](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1922) › 1.19 # 釋摩訶般若波羅蜜經覺意三昧 1.19 釋摩訶般若波羅蜜經覺意三昧 1.19 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1922.1.19) 問曰：觀欲念、念二運心相可爾。未念未起，則為無心，無心故，則無相可分別。念已已滅亦與無無異，無法即無相，云何可觀？ > Question: To contemplate the characteristics of mind in the two movements of "intending to think" and "thinking" may be acceptable. But before a thought has arisen, there is no mind; because there is no mind, there are no characteristics that can be distinguished. And once a thought has already ceased, it is no different from nothingness; with no phenomenon, there is no characteristic. How, then, can they be contemplated? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1922.1.18) - [Next: 1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1922.1.20) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1922.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1922~en-mt.1.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1922.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1922.1.19) · Pramāṇa