[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) › 4.86 # 法華玄論 4.86 法華玄論 4.86 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.4.86) 答：有人言三十心是乘正位。有人言登地是乘正位。有人言八地是乘正位。有人言初得方便失正體，第二得正體失方便，第三得竝觀及乘體，失不竝及乘方便，故具有三義。三十心為方便，登地為正體，八地為竝乘，七地為不竝乘也。評曰：最後釋者雖得經文而義猶未善。今當序之。〈問乘品〉云「是乘無始無終，不出三界，亦不住薩婆若。」如經廣明，若欲令乘出者，是人欲令無生法忍出、欲令真諦法出？然實際無生、實際不出者，乘亦無出，以乘無出故無始無終、不因不果，如此之乘乃名出耳。 > Answer: Some say that the thirty mental stages are the proper stage of the vehicle. Some say that ascending the bhūmis is the proper stage of the vehicle. Some say that the eighth bhūmi is the proper stage of the vehicle. Some say that at first one attains the expedient means but lacks the proper substance; second, one attains the proper substance but lacks the expedient means; third, one attains both simultaneous contemplation and the vehicle's substance, but lacks non-simultaneous contemplation and the vehicle's expedient means; hence all three meanings are present. The thirty mental stages are the expedient means, ascending the bhūmis is the proper substance, the eighth bhūmi is the simultaneous vehicle, and the seventh bhūmi is the non-simultaneous vehicle. Appraising this: although the last interpretation captures the sūtra text, its meaning is not yet satisfactory. I shall now state it. The chapter 'Inquiring into the Vehicle' states: 'This vehicle has no beginning and no end; it does not depart from the three realms, nor does it abide in sarvajñā.' As the sūtra explains extensively: if one wishes to have the vehicle depart, does this person wish to have the patient acceptance of the non-arising of dharmas depart, or wish to have the dharma of ultimate truth depart? However, the reality limit is non-arising, and the reality limit does not depart; the vehicle also has no departure. Because the vehicle has no departure, it has no beginning and no end, is neither cause nor effect; such a vehicle is precisely what is called 'departing.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.4.85) - [Next: 4.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.4.87) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720~en-mt.4.86) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.4.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.4.86) · Pramāṇa