[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) › 74.21 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 74.21 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 74.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [74.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.74.21) 疏「法與非法但假施設」者，然法非法有其三義：一者有法為法、無法為非法，上已破有無，故今非此義；二者惡法為非法、善法為法；三以相為法、以性為非法。今通此二，善惡相因亦假施設，遣相之法明性為非法，相既不存，性不安立，故法尚應捨，何況非法，性相相因亦假設耳。 > Regarding the commentary's statement, "Dharma and non-dharma are merely conventional designations": dharma and non-dharma have three meanings. First, existent phenomena are dharma, and nonexistent phenomena are non-dharma; but as existence and nonexistence have already been refuted above, this is not the meaning here. Second, unwholesome phenomena are non-dharma, and wholesome phenomena are dharma. Third, characteristic is dharma, and nature is non-dharma. Here it encompasses these two: wholesome and unwholesome are mutually conditioned and are also conventional designations; in the dharma of dispelling characteristics, explaining nature serves as non-dharma. Since characteristics do not remain, nature cannot be established; hence "even dharma should be abandoned, how much more so non-dharma?" Nature and characteristics are mutually conditioned, and are also merely conventional designations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 74.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.74.20) - [Next: 74.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.74.22) - [Up: 74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.74) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.74.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.74.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.74.21) · Pramāṇa