[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) › [妙法蓮華經文句](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718) › 3.55 # 妙法蓮華經文句 3.55 妙法蓮華經文句 3.55 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.3.55) 今明權實者，先作四句：謂一切法皆權，一切法皆實，一切法亦權亦實，一切法非權非實。一切法權者，如文云：「諸法如是性、相、體、力、本、末等」，介爾有言皆是權也。一切法實者，如文：「如來巧說諸法，悅可眾心」，眾心以入實為悅。又「諸法從本來，常自寂滅相」又云：「如來所說，皆悉到於一切智地」又云：「皆實不虛」，又大經四句皆不可說也。一切法亦權亦實者，如文所謂「諸法如實相」，是雙明一切亦權亦實，例如不淨觀，亦實亦虛（云云）。 > Now, in explaining the expedient and the real, we first formulate four propositions: namely, that all dharmas are expedient, all dharmas are real, all dharmas are both expedient and real, and all dharmas are neither expedient nor real. That all dharmas are expedient: as the text says, 'The dharmas are like this in nature, characteristics, substance, power, origin, end, etc.'—even the slightest spoken word is entirely expedient. That all dharmas are real: as the text says, 'The Tathāgata skillfully preaches various dharmas, gladdening the minds of the multitude'—the minds of the multitude are gladdened by entering the real. Furthermore: 'All dharmas from the very beginning / are constantly marked by quiescent extinction.' It also says: 'Whatever the Tathāgata preaches all reaches the ground of all-knowledge.' It also says: 'All are real, not false.' Furthermore, in the great sūtra, the four propositions are all ineffable. That all dharmas are both expedient and real: as the text says, 'All dharmas as they really are in true reality'—this simultaneously clarifies that all are both expedient and real, just as the contemplation of impurity is both real and unreal, and so on. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.3.54) - [Next: 3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.3.56) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.3.55) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.3.55) · Pramāṇa