[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) › 5.153 # 法華玄論 5.153 法華玄論 5.153 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.153) 答：由來云但明萬善緣因成佛耳。前已評竟，今更責之。既但明緣因，未辨佛性，云何成佛？如乳無酪性不成酪，若乳無酪性而成酪者，水無酪性何不成耶？今明佛知見即是佛性，以有佛性復修行萬善，因緣具足乃得成佛也。論明四義中，第二義明佛性即是正因，第三令二乘知第四令不退行皆是因緣也。又初一是果佛性，後三是因，因中有緣正五性具足也。又初番四義就果性及性門釋開示悟入，後二番皆就了因門釋示悟與入也。 > Answer: Traditionally it was said that it only explains achieving buddhahood through the contributing causes of the myriad wholesome deeds. This has already been critically assessed above, and now we question it further: If it only explains contributing causes without discerning the buddha-nature, how could buddhahood be achieved? Just as milk without the nature of curd cannot become curd—if milk without the nature of curd could become curd, why would water, which lacks the nature of curd, not become curd? Now we explain that the knowledge and vision of the buddhas is precisely buddha-nature; because one possesses buddha-nature and further practices the myriad wholesome deeds, causes and conditions are complete and buddhahood can then be achieved. Among the four meanings explained in the treatise, the second meaning explains that buddha-nature is precisely the direct cause; the third, causing the two vehicles to know, and the fourth, causing non-retrogressing practice, are both contributing conditions. Furthermore, the first is the fruitional buddha-nature, and the latter three are the causal; within the causal, the contributing and direct \[causes\], the five natures, are fully present. Moreover, the four meanings of the first set explain opening, showing, awakening, and entering in terms of the fruitional nature and the inherent-nature gate; the latter two sets both explain showing, awakening, and entering in terms of the gate of the revealing cause. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.152) - [Next: 5.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.154) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720~en-mt.5.153) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.153) · Pramāṇa