[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) › [御注金剛般若波羅蜜經宣演](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2733) › 2.171 # 御注金剛般若波羅蜜經宣演 2.171 御注金剛般若波羅蜜經宣演 2.171 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2733.2.171) 經。須菩提汝若作是念至莫作是念　演曰。上明觀相不可識真訖。不明相因非得真體。彼斷福相成因疑也。論結前云。於此住處中約顯示。以法身應見如來非以相具足故。又生起此文云。若爾如來雖不應以相具足見。應以相具足為因。得阿耨菩提。為離此著故經言等。彼論引經文雖在後義屬於前。然准餘本。須菩提於意云何。可以相成就得阿耨菩提耶。須菩提莫作是念。不以相成就得阿耨菩提等。諸本經文雖少有異。大意皆遮以相成就得彼菩提。唯此經文加其不字乃遮。不以相成就得便與二論意不符會。故初文中賸一不字譯家誤耳。或可此中意言不以者。謂豈不以具足相得菩提。即以相得菩提。莫作是念。亦不須除。不字文中有三。初問次遮後結示正義。此初二也。論初卷釋攝取法身中。指此文云。此義明相具足體非菩提。亦不以相具足為因也。以相是色自性故。演曰。相為色性自招色身相好之報。法身菩提體性非色。如何乃以相為因也。彼論頌云。 > Sūtra: “Subhūti, if you should have this thought \[…\] do not have this thought.” > Exposition: The above has completed the explanation that contemplating marks cannot recognize the ultimate \[truth\], but had not yet explained that the cause of marks cannot attain the true essence. This resolves the doubt about merit and marks constituting the cause. The treatise summarizes what precedes, stating: “Within this dwelling-place, it is shown in brief that one should view the Tathāgata by means of the dharmakāya, not by means of the completeness of marks.” It also introduces this text, saying: “If so, although the Tathāgata should not be seen by means of the completeness of marks, he should attain anuttarā \[samyaksaṃ\]bodhi with the completeness of marks as the cause. In order to abandon this attachment, the sūtra says…” Although the passage cited by that treatise comes after, its meaning belongs to what precedes. However, according to other recensions: “Subhūti, what do you think? Can one attain anuttarā \[samyaksaṃ\]bodhi through the perfection of marks? Subhūti, do not have this thought: \[the Tathāgata\] does not attain anuttarā \[samyaksaṃ\]bodhi through the perfection of marks, and so forth.” Although the sūtra texts of the various recensions differ slightly, their general purport is uniformly to preclude attaining that bodhi through the perfection of marks. Only this sūtra text adds the word “not” (不) so as to preclude it, \[reading\] “does not attain through the perfection of marks,” which fails to accord with the intended meaning of the two treatises. Therefore, in the initial phrasing, the superfluous character “not” is simply an error of the translators. Or perhaps the intention of saying “does not \[…\] by” here means: “Is it not by means of complete marks that he attains bodhi? That is, he attains bodhi by means of marks. Do not have this thought!” Thus there is also no need to delete the character “not”. Within the text there are three parts: first the question, next the prohibition, and finally the concluding demonstration of the correct doctrine. These are the first two. In the first fascicle of the treatise, in explaining the subsumption of the dharmakāya, it points to this passage, saying: “This meaning clarifies that the essence of the completeness of marks is not bodhi, nor does it take the completeness of marks as its cause, because marks are by nature material form.” Exposition: Marks, being by nature material form, inherently incur the retribution of the physical body's marks and characteristics. The essential nature of the dharmakāya’s bodhi is not material form; how, then, could it take marks as its cause? The verse of that treatise states: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2733.2.170) - [Next: 2.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2733.2.172) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2733.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2733~en-mt.2.171) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [金剛般若經贊述](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1700.2.282) — Classical Chinese - [金剛般若波羅蜜經論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.vajracchedika!vajracchedikaprajnaparamitasastra-t1510b*zh-dharmagupta.3.69) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2733.2.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2733.2.171) · Pramāṇa