[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) › 5.143 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 5.143 妙法蓮華經玄義 5.143 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.143) 次、明妙不妙。《論》云：「三悉檀是世諦，心所行處，可破可壞。第一義悉檀，是心不行處，諸佛聖人心所得法，不可破壞，即是真諦。」若然者，比四悉檀為二諦所攝。更有中道，復云何攝？若不攝中，但是藏、通之意，此悉檀為麁。今言俗有、真無，是隔異法，便是三悉檀心所行處，可破可壞。中道第一義，非有、非無，有無不二則無隔異，無異即真諦。前三悉檀所通，止至化城，化城非實，故可破可壞，可壞為麁。今中道無異，又通至寶所，無能過、無能滅，故不可壞，稱之為妙。若餘經說中道第一義悉檀，與此經不殊。但餘經帶阿羅漢所得，為第一義悉檀，故不稱妙。此經正直捨方便，但有圓實四悉檀，是故為妙。若不決三悉檀入第一義，是復為麁；若決一一悉檀，皆有第一義者，是則為妙。 > Next, clarifying what is subtle and what is not subtle. The Treatise says: 'The three siddhāntas are saṃvṛti-satya, the realm where the mind operates, which can be broken and destroyed. The paramārtha siddhānta is where the mind does not operate, the dharma attained by the mind of the buddhas and sages, which cannot be broken or destroyed; that is the true truth.' If that is so, then by comparison, the four siddhāntas are subsumed under the two truths. If there is further the Middle Way, how then is it subsumed? If it does not subsume the Middle, it is only the meaning of the Tripiṭaka and the Shared \[teachings\], and these siddhāntas are coarse. Now we say that conventional existence and true non-existence are separated, divergent dharmas; they are precisely the realm where the mind of the three siddhāntas operates, which can be broken and destroyed. The Middle Way paramārtha is neither existent nor non-existent; when existence and non-existence are non-dual, there is no separation or divergence, and the absence of divergence is the true truth. The path opened by the former three siddhāntas reaches only as far as the conjured city; the conjured city is not real, hence it can be broken and destroyed, and what can be destroyed is coarse. Now the Middle Way is without divergence and further leads all the way to the place of jewels; nothing can surpass it, and nothing can destroy it, hence it cannot be destroyed and is called subtle. If other sūtras expound the Middle Way paramārtha siddhānta, it does not differ from this sūtra. However, other sūtras carry along what is attained by the arhats as the paramārtha siddhānta, and therefore it is not called subtle. This sūtra directly discards expedients and possesses only the perfect, real four siddhāntas; therefore it is subtle. If one does not resolve the three siddhāntas into the paramārtha, that is again coarse; if one resolves every single siddhānta such that all possess the paramārtha, that is subtle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.142) - [Next: 5.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.144) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.5.143) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.143) · Pramāṇa