妙法蓮華經玄義 2.130
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2.130
However, the Śrīmālā[-sūtra], in expounding the unconstructed four truths, separately singles out the one truth of cessation as what is fully realized by the Buddha—it is permanent, it is truth, it is a refuge—whereas the other three are impermanent, not truth, and not a refuge. Why so? Because the three fall within conditioned characteristics, they are impermanent. Being impermanent, they are illusory, hence not truth. Being impermanent, they are unstable, hence not a refuge. The truth of cessation is free from the conditioned, hence it is permanent; it is not illusory, hence it is truth; it is supreme peace and security, hence it is a refuge. Therefore it is named the ultimate truth, and also named the inconceivable.
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