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# 宗鏡錄 80.18

宗鏡錄 80.18

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [80.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.80.18)

問。夫言佛性。境智俱收。故云菩提菩提斷。俱名為菩提。說智及智處。俱名為般若。云何教中云。在有情數中稱佛性。在無情數中稱法性。

> Question: The term 'Buddha-nature' encompasses both realm and wisdom; thus it is said that both bodhi and the cessation of bodhi are called bodhi, and both wisdom and the sphere of wisdom are called prajñā. Why is it said in the teachings that among sentient beings it is called 'Buddha-nature', whereas among insentient things it is called 'dharma-nature'?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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