[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) › [華嚴經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2755) › 1.18 # 華嚴經疏 1.18 華嚴經疏 1.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2755.1.18) 諸佛之智慧下下一頌半。第四寄對彰微。以此地智是諸佛境故。名佛之智。離諸心數者。此智不同思慧境故。離心道者。不同報生識智。彼二可說。此智非彼境故云不可說也。言不可得思議者。以非耳識所知。非意識思量故。此顯不可聞。言非有陰界入者。如陰界入。有色心根境識等差別　是則可說。證智不爾。無能所平等無分別故。離文字不可說也。是故但可證智內契不可分別。非染識所能了知。以取相名識。不取相名智故非彼境。論云。智者地智。即根本智也。起者以何觀者。以加行觀智起本智故。以何同行者。檀等餘行亦資起故。 > From the line "The wisdom of all Buddhas" onward is one and a half verses, the fourth \[topic\]: relying on contrast to manifest subtlety. Because the cognition of this ground is the realm of all Buddhas, it is called the "wisdom of the Buddhas." "Transcends all mental factors" means that this cognition is not like the sphere of wisdom born of reflection. "Transcends the path of mind" means that it is not like the perceptual cognition born of retribution. Those two can be spoken of; this cognition is not their sphere, and therefore it is called "inexpressible." As for "cannot be conceived," because it is not known by the ear-consciousness and not deliberated upon by the mental consciousness, this shows that it cannot be heard. As for "it is not that there are aggregates, realms, and entrances (skandha-dhātu-āyatana)," like the skandhas, dhātus, and āyatanas, which have distinctions such as physical form, mind, faculties, spheres, and consciousnesses—these can be spoken of. The realized cognition is not like that; because it is the non-conceptual equality devoid of subject and object, it transcends letters and cannot be spoken of. Therefore, it can only be inwardly accessed through realized cognition and cannot be conceptualized. It cannot be fully known by defiled consciousness. Grasping characteristics is called "consciousness," while not grasping characteristics is called "cognition"; hence it is not the sphere of that \[consciousness\]. The treatise says: "'Cognition' is the cognition of the ground, which is the mūlajñāna. 'Arising' is by what contemplation? By the prayoga-contemplative cognition arising the mūlajñāna. By what concomitant practices? Because other practices such as giving also assist its arising." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2755.1.17) - [Next: 1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2755.1.19) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2755.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2755~en-mt.1.18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [華嚴經探玄記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.10.14) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2755.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2755.1.18) · Pramāṇa