[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) › [花嚴經文義綱目](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734) › 1.33 # 花嚴經文義綱目 1.33 花嚴經文義綱目 1.33 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.33) 初定處者，問：說此經處，為是淨土？為是染界？設爾何失？二俱有過。何者？若是淨土，何故上文云「摩竭提國」，下文復云「如是此四天下閻浮提」等，由此當知非是淨土。若染土者，何故下文云「此蓮花藏世界海六種十八相震動」等，明知此經非染土說。如此相違，如何指定？答：但依此經，染淨二土鎔融相攝，有其四句：或唯娑婆，以本從末故。或唯華藏，以末從本故。此二如上辨。或雙現，以依華藏而有娑婆，染淨相分，末依本故。如下文云「華藏世界中娑婆世界。」此之謂也。或染淨雙絕，以就果海不可說故。此上四門合為一土，鎔融無礙，隨說皆得。 > First, determining the location: Question: Was the place where this sūtra was spoken a pure land? Or was it an impure realm? Even if it were either, what would be the fault? Both have faults. Why? If it were a pure land, why does the text above say "the country of Magadha," and the text below further say "such are these four continents of Jambudvīpa" and so forth? From this, one ought to know it is not a pure land. If it were an impure land, why does the text below say "this ocean of the Padmagarbha-lokadhātu shook in six manners and eighteen aspects" and so forth? One clearly knows that this sūtra was not spoken in an impure land. With such contradiction, how can it be specifically designated? Answer: Simply relying on this sūtra, the two lands, pure and impure, are fused and mutually subsumed, having four propositions: either it is solely Sahā, because the root accords with the branches; or it is solely Padmagarbha, because the branches accord with the root—these two are as discerned above; or both are manifested, because relying on the Padmagarbha there is Sahā, pure and impure distinguished, the branches relying on the root, as the text below says: "the Sahā world within the Padmagarbha world," which refers to this; or both pure and impure are transcended, because with respect to the ocean of the result it cannot be spoken. These four gates above combine into a single land, fused and unobstructed; whichever one speaks, it is valid. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.32) - [Next: 1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.34) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734~en-mt.1.33) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [新譯華嚴經七處九會頌釋章](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1738.1.21) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.33) · Pramāṇa