[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) › [弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102) › 9.19 # 弘明集 9.19 弘明集 9.19 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.9.19) 難曰。夫刀之有利砥礪之功。故能水截蛟螭。陸斷兕虎。若窮利盡用必摧其鋒鍔。化成鈍刃。如此則利滅而刀存。即是神亡而形在。何云捨利無刃。名殊而體一耶。刀利既不俱滅。形神則不共亡。雖能近取於譬理實乖矣。 > Objection: Now, that a blade possesses sharpness is the merit of the whetstone; thus it can sever scaly dragons in the water and cut down rhinos and tigers on land. If its sharpness is exhausted and its utility spent, its tip and edge must be broken and transformed into a blunt blade. When this happens, sharpness is destroyed while the blade remains; this corresponds to the spirit perishing while the corporeal form remains. Why say that apart from sharpness there is no blade, and that though the names are distinct their essence is one? Since blade and sharpness do not perish together, corporeal form and spirit do not die together. Although you draw an analogy from the familiar, it truly contradicts principle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.9.18) - [Next: 9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.9.20) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102~en-mt.9.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.9.19) · Pramāṇa