[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) › 2.23 # 法華玄論 2.23 法華玄論 2.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.23) 答：雖言復倍，終是無常，但短長為異耳。若終是無常，終無後治也。若言昔是短無常、今是長無常，終是無常者；亦應昔日麁三、今日妙三，終有三也。若三一相對，昔三合不三；亦應常無常相對，昔無常今不無常也。 > Answer: Although it says "double again," it is ultimately impermanence; it differs only in being shorter or longer. If it were ultimately impermanent, there would ultimately be no latter remedy. If one claims that formerly it was short impermanence and now it is long impermanence, yet ultimately it is impermanence, then formerly it would have been the crude three and now the subtle three, yet ultimately there would still be three! If the three and the one correspond to each other, the former three must unite to become not-three; correspondingly, permanence and impermanence correspond to each other, and former impermanence now becomes not-impermanence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.22) - [Next: 2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.24) - [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.2.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.23) · Pramāṇa