[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) › [妙法蓮華經玄義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716) › 2.12 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 2.12 妙法蓮華經玄義 2.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2.12) 今明權實者，以十如是約十法界，謂六道、四聖也。皆稱法界者，其意有三：十數皆依法界，法界外更無復法。能、所合稱，故言十法界也。二、此十種法，分齊不同，因果隔別，凡聖有異，故加之以界也。三、此十皆即法界，攝一切法。一切法趣地獄，是趣不過。當體即理，更無所依，故名法界。乃至佛法界，亦復如是。 > Now, in clarifying the provisional and the real, the ten suchnesses are applied to the ten dharma realms, namely the six paths and the four kinds of noble ones. All being called dharma realms has three meanings: First, the ten numbers all depend on the dharma realm, and outside the dharma realm there are no further dharmas. The dependent and the locus of dependence are designated together, hence one says the ten dharma realms. Second, these ten kinds of dharmas have different limits; causes and effects are distinctly separated, and ordinary beings and noble ones are different, so one adds 'realm' to them. Third, these ten are all identical with the dharma realm, subsuming all dharmas. All dharmas converge into the hell realm; this convergence is unsurpassable. Being itself identical with principle, having nothing further upon which to depend, it is therefore named the dharma realm. Up to the buddha dharma realm, it is also likewise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2.11) - [Next: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2.13) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.2.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2.12) · Pramāṇa