[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) › 23.70 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 23.70 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 23.70 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [23.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.23.70) 疏「面門即口」者，以昔有解云：面門即面之正容，非其口也。又云：鼻下口上，以梵音呼面及口并門並云目佉，是故譯者解人取文非一。今以眾齒之間則口為定解。「表四十問」者，有四十齒故。「教道遐舒」，即教智光故。「口生真子」，唯取口義故。《法華》云「從佛口生、從法化生，得佛法分。」故下〈出現〉加於普賢光明入口。「咀法味」下，約齒明義。言「總處」者，口為說法處，一切法門總從此演故。 > Regarding the commentary's statement, "The gate of the face is precisely the mouth": this is because in the past there was an interpretation saying that the gate of the face is the front of the face, not its mouth. It was also said: below the nose and above the mouth, because in Sanskrit the face, mouth, and gate are all called \*mukha\*; hence, translators and commentators took the text in more than one way. Now, because it is between the multiple teeth, taking it as the mouth is the definitive interpretation. "Signifying forty questions": because there are forty teeth. "The way of the teaching extends far": this is precisely the light of the teaching's wisdom. "Producing true children from the mouth": this takes solely the meaning of the mouth. The Lotus Sūtra says: "Born from the Buddha's mouth, born transformed from the Dharma, obtaining a share of the Buddhadharma." Therefore, in the subsequent "Manifestation" \[chapter\], the radiance that empowers Samantabhadra enters his mouth. From "Chewing the flavor of the Dharma..." downward, the meaning is explained in terms of teeth. As for "the collective place": the mouth is the place where the Dharma is expounded, because all Dharma-gates are collectively unfolded from here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 23.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.23.69) - [Next: 23.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.23.71) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.23) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.23.70) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.23.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.23.70) · Pramāṇa