[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) › 8.29 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 8.29 妙法蓮華經玄義 8.29 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.29) 若於字不了名無明，於字起愛恚是諸行，分別字好醜是識，識於字名名色，字涉於眼名六入，字塵對根名為觸，納領染著即是受，纏綿不捨是愛，竭力推求是取，取則成業名為有，有能牽果是名生老病死，苦輪不息，是則十二因緣本。 > If one does not understand characters, it is called ignorance; giving rise to craving or anger toward characters is formations; distinguishing characters as beautiful or ugly is consciousness; consciousness regarding characters is name-and-form; characters entering the eyes are the six sense bases; character objects confronting faculties are contact; receiving and clinging to them is feeling; entanglement without letting go is craving; striving and seeking is grasping; grasping then constitutes karma, called existence; existence can pull forth retribution, called birth, aging, sickness, and death, the wheel of suffering unending: this is the root of the twelve links of dependent origination. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.28) - [Next: 8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.30) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.8.29) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.29) · Pramāṇa