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# 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 80.8

大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 80.8

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [80.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.80.8)

疏「真如之名言含法喻」者，經云「如真如前際不生」等，即以真如喻佛行也。若佛行契如，行即是如，故即是法。

> Regarding the commentary’s statement, “The designation ‘tathāgatatā’ (tathatā) contains both doctrine and simile in its phrasing”: the sūtra says, “Just as tathatā is unarisen in the past limit,” and so forth; that is taking tathatā as a simile for the Buddha’s practice. If the Buddha’s practice tallies with tathatā, the practice is itself tathatā, and therefore it is the doctrine.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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