[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) › 4.99 # 法華玄論 4.99 法華玄論 4.99 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.4.99) 答：七地是功用道滿，故名為並；六地功用未圓，故未得稱並。又且六地為波若，七地為方便，以七地具二慧故得稱並，六地雖有波若未具方便故非並也。復言八地並者，此據功用、無功用判並不並。所以然者，七地雖並猶有功用，八地任運成就無復功用，是故八地得並七地非並也。故融會三經，不相違背也。 > Answer: The seventh bhūmi is the fulfillment of the path of effort, and is therefore called simultaneous; in the sixth bhūmi effort is not yet complete, and so it cannot yet be called simultaneous. Moreover, the sixth bhūmi is prajñā and the seventh bhūmi is skillful means; because the seventh bhūmi is endowed with both wisdoms, it is entitled to be called simultaneous, whereas the sixth bhūmi, though having prajñā, is not yet endowed with skillful means and is therefore not simultaneous. Furthermore, saying that the eighth bhūmi is simultaneous judges simultaneity and non-simultaneity based on effort and effortlessness. Why is this? Although the seventh bhūmi is simultaneous, it still involves effort; the eighth bhūmi achieves it spontaneously without further effort; therefore the eighth bhūmi achieves simultaneity and the seventh bhūmi is not simultaneous. Thus, when reconciling the three sūtras, they do not contradict one another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.4.98) - [Next: 4.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.4.100) - [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.4.99) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.4.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.4.99) · Pramāṇa