[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) › [金剛般若經旨贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2735) › 1.85 # 金剛般若經旨贊 1.85 金剛般若經旨贊 1.85 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2735.1.85) 經。何以故　贊曰。此徵也。據真諦理。物我皆空。施尚不存。寧有其福。設就俗諦。施福不亡。但招生死。不趣菩提。而言福多。何以故也。 > Sūtra: "Why is this?" > > Commentary: This is the questioning. According to the principle of ultimate truth, both objects and self are empty; generosity itself does not exist, so how could there be its merit? Even if according to conventional truth the merit of generosity is not destroyed, it merely brings about birth-and-death and does not tend toward bodhi. Why, then, is it said that the merit is much? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2735.1.84) - [Next: 1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2735.1.86) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2735.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2735~en-mt.1.85) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2735.1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2735.1.85) · Pramāṇa