[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) › 7.253 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 7.253 妙法蓮華經玄義 7.253 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.253](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.253) 蓮成處空，影臨清水，譬顯機顯應；影臨濁水，譬冥機冥應；影臨風浪之水，譬亦冥亦顯機應。《大經》云：闇中樹影，夜影臨水，譬非冥非顯機應，此等譬感應妙也。 > The lotus formed and situated in open space, its reflection casting upon clear water, illustrates manifest capacity and manifest response. Its reflection casting upon turbid water illustrates hidden capacity and hidden response. Its reflection casting upon water with wind and waves illustrates both hidden and manifest capacity and response. The Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra says that the shadow of a tree in darkness and the nighttime reflection casting upon water illustrate neither hidden nor manifest capacity and response. These illustrate the wondrousness of stimulus and response. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.252) - [Next: 7.254](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.254) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.7.253) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.253](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.253) · Pramāṇa