[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) › 7.57 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 7.57 妙法蓮華經玄義 7.57 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.57) 若理事為本迹者，指事為迹，攝得本時諸麁境；指理為本，攝得本時諸妙境。最初之本為本，但本而非迹；最後已說，但迹而非本；中間亦迹亦本。若無本時之本，不能垂得中間、最後之迹；若無已說之迹，不能顯得今說之本。本迹雖殊，不思議一也。 > If regarding principle and phenomena as the original source and the traces: designating phenomena as traces encompasses the various coarse realms of the original time; designating principle as the original source encompasses the various subtle realms of the original time. The initial origin is the original source, only original source and not traces; the final preaching is only traces and not the original source; the intermediate is both traces and original source. If there were no original source of the original time, it could not manifest the intermediate and final traces; if there were no traces already preached, the original source preached at present could not be revealed. Although original source and traces are distinct, they are an inconceivable unity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.56) - [Next: 7.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.58) - [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.7.57) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.57) · Pramāṇa