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妙法蓮華經玄義 2.161

妙法蓮華經玄義 2.161

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Classical Chinese

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圓教二諦者,直說不思議二諦也。真即是俗;俗即是真。如如意珠,珠以譬真,用以譬俗。即珠是用,即用是珠,不二而二,分真俗耳。約此,亦有隨情智等(云云)。身子云:「佛以種種緣,譬喻巧言說。其心安如海,我聞疑網斷。」即其義焉。

As for the two truths of the perfect teaching: it directly explains the inconceivable two truths. The real is precisely the conventional; the conventional is precisely the real. It is like the wish-fulfilling jewel: the jewel is used as a metaphor for the real, and its function as a metaphor for the conventional. The jewel is the function, and the function is the jewel; non-dual yet dual, we merely distinguish the real and the conventional. With respect to this, there are also [the meanings of] according with sentiment, wisdom, and so on. Śāriputra said: 'The Buddha, with various causes, / metaphors, and skillful words, / his mind tranquil as the sea— / hearing him, the net of my doubts was severed.' Such is its meaning.

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