中論

(中論, 中论)

[lang id =1028]中觀論 Prāñnyāya-mūla-śāstra-ṭīkā, or Prāṇyamula-śāstra-ṭīkā; the Mādhyamika-śāstra, attributed to the bodhisattvas Nāgārjuna as creator, and Nīlacakṣus as compiler; tr. by Kumārajīva A. D. 409. It is the principal work of the Mādhyamika, or Middle School, attributed to Nāgārjuna. Versions only exist in Chinese and Tibetan; an English translation by Miyamoto exists and publication is promised; a German version is by Walleser. The [lang id =1028]中論 is the first and most important of the [lang id =1028]三論 q. v. The teaching of this School is found additionally in the [lang id =1028]順中論; [lang id =1028]般若燈論釋大乘中觀釋論 and [lang id =1028]中論疏. Cf. [lang id =1028]中道. The doctrine opposes the rigid categories of existence and non-existence [lang id =1028]假 and [lang id =1028]空, and denies the two extremes of production (or creation) and nonproduction and other antitheses, in the interests of a middle or superior way.

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中論即觀論也。 僧叡法師云： 論有五百偈， 龍樹菩薩之所造也。 以中為名者， 照其實也； 以論為稱者， 盡其言也。 實非名不悟， 故寄中以宣之； 言非釋不盡， 故假論以明之也。 蓋因修行之人， 內心滯惑， 或生於倒見， 或執於偏悟， 故作此論， 折之以中道之理， 令二邊之相， 即真俗之不二， 故名中論。 （二邊者， 即空、 有二邊也。 真、 俗者， 即真諦、 俗諦也。 ）