[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) › [華嚴經探玄記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733) › 3.20 # 華嚴經探玄記 3.20 華嚴經探玄記 3.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.3.20) 一明有無者，於八會中初二後二有，餘會皆無。何以爾者？謂初會標果起因故。問：第二會初為尋因至果故問，但為因位昇沈，寄於五會以答；果位無差，故當會答。然五會中間諸品之內更有餘問者，竝是為顯當會所說法中差別，隨說問答，非是別問大位之相。第七會中明因果純熟故有問，謂行修無礙六位頓成，故當會答也。第八會中明稱性因果故有問，謂俱入法界無差別故，亦當會答也。 > 1. Clarifying their presence or absence: Among the eight assemblies, the first two and the last two have \[questions\], while the other assemblies all lack them. Why is this so? Because the first assembly marks the fruit to initiate the cause. As for the question: the beginning of the second assembly inquires in order to trace the cause to reach the fruit; however, because the causal stages involve ascent and descent, they are lodged across five assemblies to answer them, whereas because the fruition stage is without difference, it is answered within its own assembly. However, as for further questions occurring within the various chapters amidst the five assemblies, all of these are to reveal the distinctions within the Dharma expounded in that particular assembly, with questions and answers following the exposition; they are not distinct inquiries about the marks of the major stages. In the seventh assembly, there is a question because cause and fruition have matured to purity, meaning that cultivation of practice is unobstructed and the six stages are suddenly accomplished, so it is answered within its own assembly. In the eighth assembly, there is a question because cause and fruition accord with nature, meaning that entering the dharmadhātu together is devoid of distinction, so it is also answered within its own assembly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.3.19) - [Next: 3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.3.21) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733~en-mt.3.20) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [大方廣佛華嚴經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.9.7) — Classical Chinese - [花嚴經文義綱目](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.60) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.3.20) · Pramāṇa