[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) › 9.203 # 妙法蓮華經玄贊 9.203 妙法蓮華經玄贊 9.203 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.203](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.9.203) 贊曰：下頌二處。分三：初十三頌半頌外人境有法二處，次二頌半頌初內有空法行處，後五頌半頌外真法境親近處。長行中初說行處，次說親近處。親近處中，初離外妄有、後觀外真空。今頌初離外妄親近處，次方明內行處，後頌外真法親近處。乍觀文勢，初雙頌行、親近二處，結文雙結故。然初文內無行處文，但以頌言「於此惡緣無所畏心，無所悕望而為說法」，義由柔和及善順等，方無怖畏無所悕望名為行處。故文雙舉，實唯近處。十三頌半外親近處，中分二：初十二半頌近處，後一頌結。初文復二：初六頌半頌離五緣，後六頌頌離四緣；不頌散亂緣。初復分二：初四頌半頌離，後二頌不離。此初也。初一頌半離四緣：一損害，二壞亂，三惡業，四惡見。後三頌離一緣，謂劣友。前開後合，亦非次頌。 > The commentary states: The subsequent \[verses\] summarize the two spheres. There are three parts: first, thirteen and a half verses summarize the two spheres consisting of external persons and external objective conditions as dharmas of existence; next, two and a half verses summarize the primary sphere of practice regarding internal existents and empty dharmas; finally, five and a half verses summarize the sphere of intimate approach regarding external objective conditions of true reality. In the prose section, first the sphere of practice was explained, and next the sphere of intimate approach was explained. Within the sphere of intimate approach, it first treated leaving behind external delusive existents, and later contemplated external true emptiness. Here, the verses first summarize the sphere of intimate approach concerning leaving behind external delusions; next, they clarify the sphere of internal practice; and finally, they summarize the sphere of intimate approach concerning external true dharmas. At first glance of the textual flow, it appears at first to doubly summarize both spheres—practice and intimate approach—because the concluding passage summarizes them together. However, within the first passage there is no text on the sphere of practice; it only uses the verse saying, "Toward these bad conditions one has no fearful mind, and expounds the Dharma without expecting anything." In meaning, it is precisely on account of being gentle and compliant that one is without fear and without expectation, which is termed the 'sphere of practice'. Therefore, the text mentions both, but in actuality it refers only to the sphere of intimate approach. The thirteen and a half verses on the external sphere of intimate approach are divided into two: first, twelve and a half verses summarize the sphere of intimate approach; second, one verse concludes. The first section again has two: first, six and a half verses summarize distancing from the five conditions; next, six verses summarize distancing from the four conditions; it does not versify the conditions of distraction. The first again divides into two: first, four and a half verses summarize distancing; next, two verses summarize non-distancing. This is the first. The first one and a half verses distance from four conditions: first, harm; second, corruption and confusion; third, evil actions; fourth, evil views. The subsequent three verses distance from one condition, namely, inferior friends. Opening earlier and combining later, these are also not versified in consecutive order. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.202](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.9.202) - [Next: 9.204](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.9.204) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723~en-mt.9.203) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.9.203](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.9.203) · Pramāṇa