[Buddha-l] Pudgalavada #2

[Dan Lusthaus]

(Despite breaking the message into parts, it was still too big, so in even finer pieces...)

Here is the shorter version:

三法度論 Sanfa du lun

 

Q: Why is it unsayable? 

A: The unsayable are the prajñaptis of appropriation-, the past-, and cessation. 

[These are] prajñapti of appropriation, prajñapti of the past, prajñapti of cessation. If someone is not aware of [that], that means they're unaware of what's "unsayable." 

Prajñapti of appropriation [involves] that sentient beings are analyzed [to be] the same or different from the skandhas, dhātus and āyatanas they have already appropriated. 

As to prajñapti of the past, one says "because of past skandhas, dhātus, and āyatanas," such as when one says: "At that time I was named Kuśendra." 

As to prajñapti of cessation, one says "it is because appropriation has already ceased," such as when one says: "The Bhagavat's Parinirvāṇa."

Next, prajñapti of the past dispenses with [the idea] that sentient beings are annihilated. Prajñapti of cessation dispenses with [the idea] that they exist permanently. Prajñapti of appropriation [of skandhas, etc.] dispenses with [the idea that the sentient being is] non-existent. Prajñapti of non-appropriation dispenses with [the idea that the sentient being qua self] exists.

(T.25.1506.24a29-b7)



Dan Lusthaus
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