[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) › [法華經義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715) › 2.80 # 法華經義記 2.80 法華經義記 2.80 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.2.80) 且更解因緣之義者，有人解言：「因親緣疎。所以言因親者，此果是本無而今有，是親義。何以故？能令本無今有故。復詺作疎者，只同此果，二頭三手者不可生，道理中有可生義。」汝若言道理中不可生而因力能令生者，二頭三手不可生，因力何故不令其生？若因力不能令不可生而得生者，乃可詺因為親。果既有可生義，因於果成疎義，此果本無今有，此因於果是親義；果有可生之理，此因於果則成緣義。今光宅法師解不作親疎之義，正言言因者對果為義，緣者只是由藉為義。若據萬行望果，有對果之義，詺之為因；若據果望萬行，此果則由萬行而得，於果即是緣義。 > Furthermore, to interpret the meaning of cause and condition, someone explained: "Cause is close and condition is distant. Why is cause called close? This fruition originally did not exist and now exists; this is the meaning of 'close.' Why? Because it can cause what originally did not exist now to exist. That it is further designated as 'distant' is simply like this: for this fruition, having two heads and three hands cannot be produced; in the inherent principle, there is the principle of being able to be produced." If you say that what cannot be produced in principle can be produced by the power of cause, then since two heads and three hands cannot be produced, why does the power of cause not produce them? If the power of cause cannot make what cannot be produced be produced, only then can cause be designated as close. Since fruition has the principle of being producible, cause becomes distant in relation to fruition; this fruition originally did not exist and now exists, so this cause is 'close' in relation to fruition; fruition has the principle of being producible, so this cause constitutes 'condition' in relation to fruition. Now Dharma Master Guangzhai explains without adopting the meaning of close and distant; he directly says: stating 'cause' takes corresponding to fruition as its meaning; 'condition' simply takes relying upon as its meaning. If viewed from the myriad practices toward fruition, there is the meaning of corresponding to fruition, which is designated as 'cause'; if viewed from fruition toward the myriad practices, this fruition is obtained by means of the myriad practices, which in relation to fruition is the meaning of 'condition.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.2.79) - [Next: 2.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.2.81) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715~en-mt.2.80) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.2.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.2.80) · Pramāṇa