[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) › [四教義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929) › 2.12 # 四教義 2.12 四教義 2.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.2.12) 第三約二諦明所詮之理者，亦為三意：一正明所詮之理，二明能詮之教，三約經論。一明所詮之理者，即是二諦之理也。二諦有二種：一者理外二諦，二者理內二諦。若真諦非佛性，即是理外之二諦。真諦即是佛性，即是理內之二諦也。一理外二諦，有二種：一者不相即之二諦，生滅二諦也。二者相即之二諦，無生二諦也。故《大品經》云：「即色是空，非色滅空。」色滅方空，是不即之二諦；即色是空，相即之二諦也。二明理內二諦，亦有二種：一不即之二諦，二相即之二諦。一不即之二諦，是無量二諦也。故《涅槃經》云：「分別世諦有無量相，第一義諦亦有無量相，非諸聲聞緣覺之所知也。」二相即之二諦，無作之二諦也。無作苦集滅道名為世諦，即一實諦，故名第一義諦。 > Third, clarifying the principle elucidated in terms of the two truths also has three aspects: first, properly clarifying the principle elucidated; second, clarifying the teachings that elucidate \[it\]; third, referencing the sūtras and treatises. First, clarifying the principle elucidated: this is the principle of the two truths. There are two kinds of two truths: first, the two truths outside the principle; second, the two truths within the principle. If the ultimate truth is not the Buddha-nature, these are the two truths outside the principle. If the ultimate truth is identical to the Buddha-nature, these are the two truths within the principle. 1. The two truths outside the principle are of two kinds: first, the non-identical two truths, which are the two truths of arising and ceasing; second, the mutually identical two truths, which are the two truths of non-arising. Thus the \*Dàpǐn jīng\* states: "Form is emptiness itself, not that the destruction of form is emptiness." Only upon the destruction of form being empty is the non-identical two truths; form being emptiness itself is the mutually identical two truths. 2. Clarifying the two truths within the principle also has two kinds: first, the non-identical two truths; second, the mutually identical two truths. The first, the non-identical two truths, are the immeasurable two truths. Thus the \*Nirvāṇa Sūtra\* states: "Discerning the worldly truth has immeasurable marks, and paramārtha-satya also has immeasurable marks, which cannot be known by any of the śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas." The second, the mutually identical two truths, are the uncreated two truths. The uncreated suffering, origin, cessation, and path are termed worldly truth; being identical to the one real truth, they are therefore termed paramārtha-satya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.2.11) - [Next: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.2.13) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929~en-mt.2.12) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [維摩經玄疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777.3.81) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.2.12) · Pramāṇa