[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) › 6.118 # 法華玄論 6.118 法華玄論 6.118 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.118) 答：舊說正爾。今請問之：若自見無三，亦應自見有一，何所索耶？今明若審知無三亦不索，若昔有三亦不索。但昔許有、今遂言無，今昔有無合說，是故有索耳。 > Answer: The old explanation was precisely like this. Now let me ask: If they saw for themselves that there are no three, they should also see for themselves that there is the one; what would there be to ask for? We now clarify that if they definitely knew there were no three, they would not ask; if the three existed formerly, they would also not ask. It is only because existence was promised in the past and non-existence is stated now—the past and present, existence and non-existence, being spoken together—that there is asking. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.117) - [Next: 6.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.119) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720~en-mt.6.118) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.118) · Pramāṇa