[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) › 8.31 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 8.31 妙法蓮華經玄義 8.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.31) 若知字非字，非字非非字，無二邊倒名淨，淨則無業名我，我則無苦名樂，無苦則無生死名常。何以故？字是俗諦，非字是真諦，非字非非字是一實諦，一諦即三諦、三諦即一諦，是名境本。 > If one knows characters are non-characters, neither characters nor non-characters, free from the delusions of the two extremes, this is called purity; purity being free from karma is called self; self being free from suffering is called bliss; freedom from suffering being free from saṃsāra is called permanence. Why? Characters are the conventional truth; non-characters are the true truth; neither characters nor non-characters is the single real truth. The single truth is itself the three truths, and the three truths are themselves the single truth: this is called the root of the object. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.30) - [Next: 8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.32) - [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.8.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.31) · Pramāṇa