[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) › 8.38 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 8.38 妙法蓮華經玄義 8.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.38) 一類、無翻者，心含善惡諸心數等，當知此心諸法之都，何可定判？若惡是心，心不含善及諸心數。若善是心，心不含惡及諸心數。不知何以目心，以略代總，故知略心能含萬法，況不含五義耶！《華嚴》云：「一微塵中有三千大千世界經卷」，即其義也。 > The first category, the untranslated \[sūtra\]: the mind contains good, evil, all mental factors, and the like. One should know that this mind is the capital of all dharmas; how could it be determinately judged? If evil were the mind, the mind could not contain good and the various mental factors. If good were the mind, the mind could not contain evil and the various mental factors. Not knowing by what to designate the mind, the concise is used in place of the comprehensive; thus we know that the concise mind can contain the myriad dharmas, how much more so the five meanings! As the Avataṃsaka says: "Within a single mote of dust there is a sūtra scroll of the trichiliocosm"; this is its meaning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.37) - [Next: 8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.39) - [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.8.38) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [維摩經玄疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777.5.49) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.38) · Pramāṇa