[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) › [大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736) › 18.49 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 18.49 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 18.49 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [18.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.18.49) 疏「譬如下喻顯」下，疏文中二：先總明大意、後開章別釋。今初。言「佛三業非喻能喻」者，八十卷末云「三界有無一切法，不能與佛為譬喻。譬如山林鳥獸等，無有依空而住者。虛空真如及實際，涅槃法性寂滅等，唯有如是真實法，可以顯示於如來。」即其文也。又《佛地論》第四云「如契經言『乃至所有施設譬喻，喻諸如來所有功德，一切皆是謗諸如來。唯除一喻，所謂虛空，可喻如來。戒等無量功德同虛空故。』」 > From the commentary's "'Like...' below demonstrates through metaphor" downward: the text of the commentary has two parts: first, generally clarifying the broad purport; later, dividing into sections to explain individually. Now, the first. Regarding "the Buddha's three karmic modes cannot be illustrated by metaphors": the end of the eightieth fascicle states, "All phenomena, existent or non-existent in the three realms, / Cannot serve as a metaphor for the Buddha. / Just as mountain forests, birds, beasts, and the like / Never dwell supported by empty space, / Empty space, tathatā, and the bhūtakoṭi, / Nirvāṇa, dharmatā, quiescence-cessation, and so forth— / Only such true and real phenomena / Can be used to reveal the Tathāgata." This is precisely that text. Furthermore, the fourth fascicle of the \*Buddhabhūmi-śāstra\* states, "As the sūtra says: 'Even all constructed metaphors that illustrate all the virtues of the Tathāgatas are all slanders of the Tathāgatas, with the sole exception of one metaphor, namely empty space, which can illustrate the Tathāgata, because limitless virtues such as morality are identical to empty space.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.18.48) - [Next: 18.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.18.50) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.18.49) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [華嚴經探玄記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.2.21) — Classical Chinese - [大方廣佛華嚴經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.gandavyuha*zh-prajna.39.17) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.18.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.18.49) · Pramāṇa