[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) › [大華嚴經略策](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1737) › 1.13 # 大華嚴經略策 1.13 大華嚴經略策 1.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1737.1.13) 第六、說經時節。問：如來出現垂五十年，一化始終三時五時之異，不審此經何時說耶？仰具說時以袪疑滯。答：夫心冥至道則渾一古今，法界無生本亡時分，況無涯之說念劫圓融，實則正覺始成頓彰圓妙。自狹至闊略有十重之別：初唯一念、二盡七日、三遍三際、四攝同類劫、五收異類劫、六以念攝劫、七劫念重收、八異類界時、九彼此相入、十以本收末即非劫為劫。略敘十重，舉一全收，非長非短、能長能短。謹對。 > Sixth: the time of the sūtra's preaching. Question: When the Tathāgata appeared in the world for nearly fifty years, throughout his teaching from beginning to end there were distinctions between the three periods and the five periods. At what time was this sūtra preached? We respectfully request that you state the time in full so as to dispel doubts and obstacles. Answer: When the mind is merged with the ultimate truth, past and present are unified as one; the dharmadhātu is unproduced and fundamentally lacks divisions of time. How much more so is the boundless preaching in which moments and eons are completely interfused! In truth, when right awakening was first achieved, the perfect and wondrous was suddenly revealed. From narrow to broad, there are briefly ten levels of distinction: 1. only a single thought-moment; 2. the full seven days; 3. pervading the three periods of time; 4. subsuming eons of the same kind; 5. gathering eons of different kinds; 6. subsuming eons into a single thought-moment; 7. re-gathering eons and thought-moments; 8. the times of different kinds of realms; 9. mutually entering each other; 10. gathering the branches into the root, that is, non-eons as eons. Briefly describing the ten levels, to cite one is to encompass all completely; it is neither long nor short, yet can be long and can be short. Respectfully answered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1737.1.12) - [Next: 1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1737.1.14) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1737.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1737~en-mt.1.13) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.3.54) — Classical Chinese - [大方廣佛華嚴經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.1.20) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1737.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1737.1.13) · Pramāṇa