[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) › 8.56 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 8.56 妙法蓮華經玄義 8.56 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.56) 體者，一部之指歸，眾義之都會也。非但會之至難，亦乃說之不易。文云：「是法不可示，言辭相寂滅。」《大經》云：「不生不生不可說。」又云：「有因緣故，亦可得說。」 > The substance is that to which an entire work points and tends, the grand meeting place of all meanings. Not only is converging upon it exceedingly difficult, but expounding it is also not easy. The text says: "This Dharma cannot be demonstrated; the characteristics of words are extinguished." The Great Scripture says: "Unarisen and unceasing, it cannot be spoken." It also says: "Because there are causes and conditions, it can also be spoken." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.55) - [Next: 8.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.57) - [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.8.56) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.56) · Pramāṇa