[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) › 9.170 # 法華玄論 9.170 法華玄論 9.170 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.9.170) 問：等是破始終明無始終，何故無終則長而言復倍，無始則短但云補處不知？ > Question: If it equally dismantles beginning and end to clarify being without beginning or end, why is having no end long—so that it says 'again double'—while having no beginning is short, merely saying that one \[in the position of\] succession cannot know it? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.9.169) - [Next: 9.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.9.171) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720~en-mt.9.170) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.9.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.9.170) · Pramāṇa