[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) › 8.68 # 妙法蓮華經文句 8.68 妙法蓮華經文句 8.68 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.8.68) 「佛告比丘」下，第三，勸修，如文。「蓮華化生」者，《胎經》云「蓮華生者，非胎、卵、濕、化之化生也」，非化而言化耳，實不如四生中之化生也。《請觀音》云「蓮華化生為父母」，《無量壽觀》云「處華臺久者為胎生，實非胎也，例蓮華生者亦稱濕卵，而非濕卵」（云云）。 > From "The Buddha told the monks…" downward, third, it exhorts practice, as in the text. Regarding "born by transformation from a lotus flower": the Garbhāvakrānti-sūtra states, "Those born from lotus flowers are not of the apparition birth among the wombs, eggs, moisture, and apparitions"; it is termed apparitional birth while not truly apparitional, for it is really not like the apparitional birth among the four modes of birth. The Qing Guanyin \[jing\] states, "Taking lotus-transformation birth as parents." The Guan Wuliangshou \[jing\] states, "Those who abide in the flower calyx for long are born of the womb, yet they are not truly womb-born; by analogy, those born of lotuses are also termed moisture- or egg-born, yet they are not truly moisture- or egg-born" (and so forth). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.8.67) - [Next: 8.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.8.69) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.8.68) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [請觀音經疏闡義鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1801.4.40) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.8.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.8.68) · Pramāṇa