[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) › 5.186 # 法華玄論 5.186 法華玄論 5.186 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.186) 答：五濁必是障法，但機熟故不能為障耳。如地必是障法，但物欲生時地不能障耳。 > Answer: The five defilements are certainly obstructing phenomena, but when capacity is ripe they cannot act as obstacles. Just as the earth is certainly an obstructing thing, yet when a shoot wishes to grow, the earth cannot obstruct it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.185) - [Next: 5.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.187) - [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.5.186) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.186) · Pramāṇa