[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) › 9.20 # 弘明集 9.20 弘明集 9.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.9.20) 問曰。刀之與利或如來說形之與神其義不然。何以言之。木之質無知也。人之質有知也。人既有如木之質。而有異木之知。豈非木有其一人有其二耶。 > Question: Blade and sharpness may perhaps be as your argument says, but for corporeal form and spirit the principle is not so. Why do I say this? The material substance of wood lacks sentience; the material substance of a human has sentience. Since humans have a material substance like wood and also have sentience different from wood, does not wood possess one \[of these\] while humans possess both? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.9.19) - [Next: 9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.9.21) - [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.9.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.9.20) · Pramāṇa