[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) › 77.32 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 77.32 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 77.32 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [77.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.77.32) 疏「果德離言藉因顯故」者，此文有四節，此對表華之義。經宗有因果二分，十地已明華引果故。二「因果同時」下，表蓮華義。謂有問言：是華引果，何要蓮華？故答云：餘華多華前果後。此華不有則已，有則華實雙含。又無染故，故舉蓮華。三又問言：蓮華有四，何要舉青？故答云：最超勝故。論云「水生華勝者，即優鉢羅華故。」四又蓮華一蓮多子，表一含一切故。此釋藏義。 > Regarding the Commentary's statement "the virtues of fruition transcend words and depend on causes to be revealed": this text has four sections. This one explains the meaning of symbolizing through a flower. The fundamental doctrine of the sūtra has two divisions, cause and fruition; the Ten Stages having already clarified the flower introducing the fruit. > > Second, from "cause and fruition being simultaneous" downward, it symbolizes the meaning of the lotus. That is to say, an objection is raised: "If this flower introduces fruition, why must it be a lotus?" Thus the answer says: "Other flowers mostly have the flower first and the fruit afterward. With this flower, if it does not exist, that is all; but when it exists, flower and fruit are doubly contained. Furthermore, because it is unstained, the lotus is adduced." > > Third, it is asked again: "There are four kinds of lotuses; why must the blue one be adduced?" Thus the answer says: "Because it is the most supreme. A treatise states: 'Among flowers born in water, the superior one is the utpala flower.'" > > Fourth, a single lotus also has many seeds, symbolizing that the one contains all. This explains the meaning of "storehouse" (garbha). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 77.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.77.31) - [Next: 77.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.77.33) - [Up: 77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.77) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.77.32) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.77.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.77.32) · Pramāṇa