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# 弘明集 9.12

弘明集 9.12

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.9.12)

問曰。形者。無知之稱。神者。有知之名。知與無知即事有異。神之與形理不容。一形神相即非所聞也。

> Question: Corporeal form is the designation for what is insentient. Spirit is the name for what is sentient. Sentience and insentience differ in fact. In principle, spirit and corporeal form do not permit being one. That corporeal form and spirit are identical is something not heard of.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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