一切經音義 22.41

22.41

Wu qunao xing 無屈撓行 [practice of unyielding vigor] (Nao 撓 is pronounced nü + jiao [nào] and ru + shao [rào]. Du's commentary on the Zuo zhuan says: 'Nao 撓 means bent.' The Collected Commentaries on the Hanshu say: 'Nao 撓 means weak.' The meaning in this text clarifies that in the perfection of vigor (vīrya-pāramitā), one is courageous and resolute, urging oneself forward with no retreat, bending, or cowardice. The character nao 撓 should properly take the wood radical (木); some editions have it with the hand radical (扌), pronounced hu + gao [hāo], which is the character nao 擾 meaning disturbance, and is not what is used here).