[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) › [大方廣佛華嚴經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735) › 14.18 # 大方廣佛華嚴經疏 14.18 大方廣佛華嚴經疏 14.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.14.18) 第四依地有任持者，喻妄為真所持。三義同前。初地界因依有二種義：一約自類、二約異類。前中，從金剛際上至地面，皆上依下、下持上，展轉因依而得安住。然上能依皆離所，無體而能知下；然下能持皆亦離所，無體可令知上。又上上能依徹至於下，無下可相知；下下能持徹至於上，無上可相知。是故若依若持，相無不盡。所現妄法當知亦爾，必麁依細。謂苦報依於業、業依無明造、無明依所造，展轉無體，無物可相知。斯則厚載萬物而不仁也。肇公亦曰「乾坤倒覆無謂不靜」也。二約異類者，如下文地輪依水輪，水輪依風輪，風輪依虛空，虛空無所依。準此，妄境依妄心，妄心依本識，本識依如來藏，如來藏無所依。是故若離如來藏，餘諸妄法各互相依，無體能相知，是則妄法無不皆盡。 > Fourth, relying on earth there is sustaining and supporting, which illustrates the false being sustained by the true. The three meanings are the same as before. First, the causes and reliances of the earth element have two meanings: (1) with respect to the same kind; (2) with respect to different kinds. In the former, from the vajra-boundary up to the earth's surface, the upper all rely on the lower, and the lower support the upper; through mutual causes and reliances they attain stability. Yet the upper, what can rely, are all separated from the support, lacking essence capable of knowing the lower; and the lower, what can support, are also separated from what is supported, lacking essence that could make them know the upper. Furthermore, the highest that can rely penetrates down to the bottom, having no lower that could be known; the lowest that can support penetrates up to the top, having no upper that could be known. Therefore, whether relying or supporting, their marks are completely exhausted. The false dharmas manifested should be known to be likewise; the coarse must rely on the subtle. Namely, bitter retribution relies on karma; karma is created relying on ignorance; ignorance relies on what is created; mutually lacking essence, there is no thing that can know the other. This, then, is 'thickly carrying the myriad things without benevolence.' Master Zhao also said, 'Though heaven and earth topple and overturn, do not say it is not calm.' Second, with respect to different kinds: as the text below says, the earth mandala relies on the water mandala, the water mandala relies on the wind mandala, the wind mandala relies on empty space, and empty space has nothing it relies upon. In accordance with this, false objects rely on the false mind, the false mind relies on the fundamental consciousness, the fundamental consciousness relies on the tathāgatagarbha, and the tathāgatagarbha has nothing it relies upon. Therefore, if one sets aside the tathāgatagarbha, the other various false dharmas mutually rely on one another, lacking essence capable of knowing each other; thus the false dharmas are without exception completely exhausted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.14.17) - [Next: 14.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.14.19) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735~en-mt.14.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.14.18) · Pramāṇa