[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) › 6.80 # 法華玄論 6.80 法華玄論 6.80 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.80) 答：昔教明實有三，復而自謂實得於三，是故不索。今教明無三時會，聞無有三即便生疑，是故索三。如父母以空捲誑子，云謂手實有物。子謂實有，子便止啼。復知空捲，方就父索也。 > Answer: The former teaching explained that the three truly exist, and they furthermore regarded themselves as having truly attained the three; therefore they did not demand. The present teaching explains that there are no three; when the assembly heard that there are no three, they immediately gave rise to doubt, and therefore demanded the three. Just as parents deceive a child with an empty fist, saying there is truly something in the hand: the child thinks there truly is, and stops crying; then, knowing the fist is empty, he only then approaches the father to demand it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.79) - [Next: 6.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.81) - [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.6.80) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.80) · Pramāṇa