[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) › [妙法蓮華經玄贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723) › 8.399 # 妙法蓮華經玄贊 8.399 妙法蓮華經玄贊 8.399 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.399](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.8.399) 贊曰：下明嚴相。有二：初明八嚴，後重明幡蓋嚴相。此初也。外嚴寶塔，表內佛身及法華經皆有功德以為嚴飾：一「種種嚴」喻萬德具。二「五千爛楯」喻信、進、念、定、慧力。各以百行業道資長方成五百，各除十惡故成五千。三「龕室千萬」表禪定甚多。「龕」音口含反，龕塔也。一曰龍貌，非此義，今從初。《玉篇》作「龕，枯耽反，受也盛也取也」。四「幢」表智德高顯。五「幡」表諸總持轉滅諸惡。六「瓔」珞表三念住。七「寶鈴」表四辨。八「出香」表修五分法身，證真滅惑即是無垢賢栴檀香，遍四生中滅諸煩惱能證真如。 > Eulogy: Below, the adorned characteristics are clarified. There are two parts: first, clarifying the eight adornments; thereafter, re-clarifying the adorned characteristics of banners and canopies. This is the first. Externally adorning the jeweled stūpa symbolizes that internally the Buddha's body and the Lotus Sūtra both possess virtues as adornments: first, "various adornments" symbolizes the complete endowment of the myriad virtues. Second, "five thousand balustrades" symbolizes the powers of faith, vigor, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom. Each is nourished and developed by the hundred courses of action to become five hundred, and each eliminates the ten unwholesome deeds, hence becoming five thousand. Third, "tens of millions of niches" represents that dhyāna concentrations are extremely numerous. "Kān" (龕) is pronounced in the fanqie kǒu-hán (口含); it means a stūpa niche. One source says it is the appearance of a dragon, but that is not the meaning here; now we follow the first. The Yupian states: "Kān is pronounced in the fanqie kū-dān (枯耽); it means to receive, contain, and take." Fourth, "standards" (dhvaja) symbolizes the lofty prominence of wisdom and virtue. Fifth, "banners" (patākā) symbolizes the various dhāraṇīs overturning and extinguishing all evils. Sixth, "necklaces" symbolizes the three applications of mindfulness. Seventh, "jeweled bells" symbolizes the four analytical knowledges. Eighth, "emitting fragrance" symbolizes cultivating the fivefold Dharmakāya, realizing truth and extinguishing delusion, which is precisely the immaculate, noble sandalwood fragrance, pervading the four modes of birth to extinguish all afflictions and enable realization of tathatā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.398](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.8.398) - [Next: 8.400](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.8.400) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723~en-mt.8.399) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.8.399](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.8.399) · Pramāṇa