[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) › 6.31 # 法華玄論 6.31 法華玄論 6.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.31) 索車義，釋有二重（一明索、二釋車）。初門十句論名也。第一論曰文中無索字，但有賜言。長行明願時賜與，偈中云「願賜我等三種寶車」。雖無索字言，但願時賜與即是索也。然索有二種：一者許故索，如偈云「願賜我等三種寶車，如前所許。」諸子出來，此索先所許也。二者未許而索，如世人乞索名索。然索前所許可名為索，未許稱索宜作求名。 > The meaning of asking for carriages is explained in two layers: first, clarifying the asking; second, explaining the carriages. The first section discusses the terminology through ten lines. First, the treatise says that in the text there is no character for 'asking' (suo), but only the word 'bestow' (ci). The prose clarifies 'wishing that they be bestowed in due time', and the verse says, 'We wish you would bestow upon us the three kinds of precious carriages.' Although there is no word 'asking', merely 'wishing that they be bestowed in due time' is precisely asking. However, there are two kinds of asking: first, asking because of a promise, as the verse says, 'We wish you would bestow upon us the three kinds of precious carriages, as previously promised.' The sons having come out, this is asking for what was previously promised. Second, asking without a promise, as when worldly people beg and demand, which is called asking. However, asking for what was previously promised can properly be called 'asking', whereas demanding what was not promised should rather be called 'seeking'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.30) - [Next: 6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.32) - [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.6.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.31) · Pramāṇa