[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) › [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016) › 96.17 # 宗鏡錄 96.17 宗鏡錄 96.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [96.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.96.17) 寂調音所問經云。寂調音天子言。文殊師利。何等如與垢淨等。文殊師利言。空無相無願如。所以者何。涅槃空故。天子。如瓦器中空。寶器中空。無二無別。如是天子。垢空淨空。俱同一空。無二無別。釋曰。器雖不等。空本無形。垢淨雖殊。性何曾異。如是了者。入無相門。頓悟真空。不墮修證。 > The Sūtra of the Questions of the Devaputra Praśāntaviniścayapratihārya says: “The devaputra Praśāntaviniścayapratihārya said: ‘Mañjuśrī, what kind of suchness is equal to defilement and purity?’ > Mañjuśrī said: ‘The suchness of emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness. Why? Because nirvāṇa is empty. Devaputra, it is like the space inside an earthenware vessel and the space inside a jewel vessel: they are neither two nor different. Just so, devaputra, the emptiness of defilement and the emptiness of purity are both the same single emptiness, neither two nor different.’” > Exposition: Although the vessels are not equal, space originally has no form. Although defilement and purity are distinct, how has their nature ever differed? One who understands like this enters the gate of signlessness, suddenly awakens to true emptiness, and does not fall into \[gradual\] cultivation and realization. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 96.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.96.16) - [Next: 96.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.96.18) - [Up: 96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.96) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.96.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.96.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.96.17) · Pramāṇa