[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) › 1.60 # 花嚴經文義綱目 1.60 花嚴經文義綱目 1.60 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.60) 初有無者，於八會中初二後二有請問，餘會皆無。所以爾者，初會標果起因故有問，第二會初為尋因至果故請問。但為因中行位階降，寄五會答也；以果位無優劣故，當會答耳。然五會中諸品之內更有問者，竝是當會所說法中隨說請問，非是別問大位之相，以第六會來唯答第二會初所請問故。第七會中明行熟因果是故請問，謂行修無礙六位頓成，故當會答也。第八會中明稱性因果是故請問，謂俱入法界無差別故，亦當會答也。 > First, presence and absence: among the eight assemblies, the first two and the last two have inquiries, while the other assemblies have none. Why is this? Because in the first assembly, the fruit is indicated to initiate the cause, and therefore there is an inquiry; at the beginning of the second assembly, to trace the cause back to the fruit, an inquiry is made. However, because the practices and stages in the causal \[phase\] have gradations, five assemblies are used to answer it; because there is no superiority or inferiority in the fruitional stage, it is answered within its own assembly. Yet as for further questions within various chapters of the five assemblies, these are all inquiries made in response to what is being spoken within the teaching of that assembly, not separate inquiries about the marks of the major stages, because up to the sixth assembly it solely answers what was inquired about at the beginning of the second assembly. In the seventh assembly, because it clarifies the cause and fruit of ripened practice, an inquiry is made; that is, the cultivation of practice is unobstructed and the six stages are accomplished suddenly, so it is answered within its own assembly. In the eighth assembly, because it clarifies the cause and fruit matching the nature, an inquiry is made; that is, all enter the dharmadhātu without distinction, so it is also answered within its own assembly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.59) - [Next: 1.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.61) - [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.1.60) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [華嚴經探玄記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.3.20) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.60) · Pramāṇa