[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) › 6.82 # 法華玄論 6.82 法華玄論 6.82 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.82) 答：若出門即索，亦應出三界竟即知無三有一。今撿《法華》三周文，但明羅漢聞《法華經》始知無三，未聞之時不知無三。何者？身子領解云「我悉除邪見，於空法得證。爾時心自謂，得至於滅度。而今乃自覺，非是實滅度。」此文分明云《法華》之前自謂實得三，聞今教始知無三也。第二周文云「是諸千二百心自在者是學無學人，亦各自以離我見及有無見等謂得涅槃。」〈化城〉中云「於是眾人前入化城，生已度想、生安穩想。」故知三根之人未聞《法華》自謂究竟，不知無三。云何言得果畢即知無三而索三耶？ > Answer: If they demand immediately upon exiting the gate, they should also immediately know that there are no three and there is the one upon completely exiting the three realms. Now, examining the text of the three cycles of the Lotus Sūtra, it only explains that arhats, upon hearing the Lotus Sūtra, first come to know that there are no three; before hearing it, they did not know that there are no three. Why? Śāriputra expressed his understanding, saying: "I completely eliminated wrong views, / and attained realization in the Dharma of emptiness. / At that time my mind thought of itself / as having reached extinction. / But now I myself realize / that it is not true extinction." This text clearly says that prior to the Lotus Sūtra they thought of themselves as having truly attained the three, and upon hearing the present teaching, only then knew that there are no three. The text of the second cycle says: "These twelve hundred whose minds are at ease, who are learners and non-learners, also each thought they had attained nirvāṇa by having left behind the view of self and views of existence and non-existence, etc." In "The Conjured City" it says: "Thereupon the multitudes went forward into the conjured city, generating the thought that they had already crossed over, generating the thought of security." Therefore, one knows that people of the three faculties, not having heard the Lotus Sūtra, considered themselves ultimate and did not know there are no three. How could one say that having finished attaining the fruit, they immediately knew there are no three and demanded the three? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.81) - [Next: 6.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.83) - [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.6.82) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [妙法蓮華經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva.2.16) — Classical Chinese - [添品妙法蓮華經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-jnanagupta.2.12) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.82) · Pramāṇa