[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) › [法華玄論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720) › 2.177 # 法華玄論 2.177 法華玄論 2.177 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.177) 答：實如所問。非邪非正：非實非虛，不知何以目之，為欲出處眾生，於無名相中假名相說，故強名正法耳。故《大經》云「低羅婆夷實不食油，強名食油。」皆有類也。 > Answer: It is truly as you ask. Neither heterodox nor correct, neither real nor empty—one does not know how to designate it. In order to bring forth sentient beings, provisional names and marks are spoken within that which has no name or mark, so it is merely forcefully named the correct Dharma. Therefore the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra says: 'The sesame-presser does not actually eat oil, yet it is forcefully named eating oil.' All are of this category. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.176) - [Next: 2.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.178) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720~en-mt.2.177) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [淨名玄論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.6.15) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.177) · Pramāṇa