[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) › [法華玄義釋籤](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717) › 4.27 # 法華玄義釋籤 4.27 法華玄義釋籤 4.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717.4.27) 三以偈結，中二：先明結意。云「縱橫甚多」者，於一一界各具十法故名為「橫」，按次第起名之為「縱」。雖若縱若橫無非三諦，故知實非縱橫義言縱橫，雖非縱橫，以交互起不可分別，故雖千萬起不可分別，若以下文諸意結之則令可識。次正結中二：先正結、次總結。初中云「以經論偈結」者，復有多意：一者法不孤立，立必有由；二者以偈結廣令易攝持；三者知此無上十界遍一切教、收大小乘，為實施權、開權顯實等，意並可見。《中論》偈意本是一實不可思議遍申諸經，故今用結百界千如以成一心稱一切教，故云「攝得前多」。《大經》偈云「通教同稱無常」者，未見常理故，別教次第滅於生滅，先內次外，佛界一切眾生即滅盡定。「又生」下重釋者，別教登地亦得寂滅，故須此釋也。「七佛通戒偈」者，過現諸佛皆用此偈以為略戒，遍攝諸戒故名為通。如《增一》第一「迦葉問阿難：《增一阿含》具三十七品及以諸法，四含亦出乎？阿難言：且四含一偈盡具佛法及聲聞教。所以然者，如諸惡莫作是戒淨，諸善奉行是意淨，自淨其意是除邪，是諸佛教是去愚。當知一期廣教不出此也。」小乘既爾，例大亦然，故用結之。今對十界其理盡也，一切大小咸入其中。 > Third, in concluding with verses, there are two parts: first, clarifying the intent of the conclusion. The statement "vertical and horizontal are very numerous": possessing ten dharmas in each and every realm is called "horizontal"; arising in sequential order is called "vertical." Although vertical or horizontal, none are not the three truths; thus one knows they are actually not vertical and horizontal, but are figuratively called vertical and horizontal. Although not vertical or horizontal, arising mutually they cannot be differentiated; thus, though arising tens of thousands of times, they cannot be differentiated. If concluded by the various meanings in the subsequent text, they are made identifiable. Next, in the actual conclusion, there are two parts: first, the actual conclusion; next, the summary conclusion. In the first part, the statement "concluding with verses from sūtras and treatises" has multiple intents: first, dharmas do not stand alone—to stand, they must have a basis; second, concluding broadly with verses makes them easy to retain; third, knowing that these unsurpassed ten realms pervade all teachings, embrace both the Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna, apply the provisional for the sake of the real, open the provisional to reveal the real, etc.—these intents are all evident. The intent of the verses of the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā is fundamentally the one, inconceivable reality pervading and expounding the various sūtras; thus it is now used to conclude the hundred realms and thousand suchnesses to form the one mind and accord with all teachings; hence it says "it embraces the many preceding." The Great Sūtra's verse says: "The Shared Teaching equally calls it impermanence"; because it has not yet seen the principle of permanence, the Separate Teaching sequentially extinguishes arising and cessation, first internal and then external, and the Buddha realm and all sentient beings are the cessation trance. Next, the re-explanation from "Moreover, arising..." onward: in the Separate Teaching, ascending to the bhūmis also attains quiescence and extinction; hence this explanation is necessary. "The common precept verse of the seven Buddhas": past and present Buddhas all used this verse as an abbreviated precept; because it broadly embraces all precepts, it is called common. As in the first roll of the Zengyi: "Kāśyapa asked Ānanda: 'The Ekottara Āgama possesses the thirty-seven auxiliaries as well as various dharmas; do the four Āgamas also emerge from it?' Ānanda said: 'Indeed, one verse of the four Āgamas fully possesses the Buddha Dharma and the Śrāvaka teaching. Why is this? Committing no evil is purity of precepts; cultivating all goods is purity of mind; purifying one's own mind is eliminating the deviant; this is the teaching of the Buddhas is removing ignorance. One should know that the broad teachings of a single period do not go beyond this.'" Since this is so for the Hīnayāna, by analogy it is also so for the Mahāyāna; hence it is used to conclude it. Now, matched against the ten realms, its principle is exhaustive; all, great and small, are included within it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717.4.26) - [Next: 4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717.4.28) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717~en-mt.4.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717.4.27) · Pramāṇa