[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) › [大般涅槃經義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764) › 3.246 # 大般涅槃經義記 3.246 大般涅槃經義記 3.246 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.246](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.3.246) 問曰：如來法身道德非是苦法，云何迷此名迷苦諦？釋言：此等雖非苦相而是苦實，故迷此等名迷苦諦。是義云何？苦之實性是如來藏，如來藏者乃是一切凡佛之體。據佛以望，本來常淨，藏外無一生死可得，故如來藏即是佛身、即是佛德。就凡以論，彼如來藏為妄所覆，所覆之藏與後顯時法身為本，說為佛因、說為佛性，如此佛性與彼實諦及佛法身無二無別，故下文言有苦有諦有實，乃至有道有諦有實，是實諦者即是如來佛性虛空，以無別故。今說佛身及佛諸德以為苦實，迷此苦實名迷苦諦，餘諦亦爾。 > Question: The Tathāgata's dharmakāya, virtues, and powers are not phenomena of suffering. Why is delusion regarding these called delusion regarding the truth of suffering? Answer: Although these are not the characteristics of suffering, they are the reality of suffering. Therefore, delusion regarding these is called delusion regarding the truth of suffering. What does this mean? The true nature of suffering is the tathāgatagarbha; the tathāgatagarbha is the essence of all ordinary beings and buddhas. Looked at from the standpoint of the Buddha, it is originally and constantly pure, and outside of this garbha not a single \[instance of\] saṃsāra can be found; therefore, the tathāgatagarbha is itself the Buddha's body, itself the Buddha's virtues. Discussed in terms of ordinary beings, that tathāgatagarbha is veiled by delusion; the veiled garbha serves as the basis for the dharmakāya when it is later revealed, and is called the cause of buddhahood, called buddha-nature. Such buddha-nature is neither two nor distinct from that true reality and the Buddha's dharmakāya. Hence the text below states that there is suffering, there is the truth, and there is the real, up to: there is the path, there is the truth, and there is the real. That 'true reality' is the Tathāgata's buddha-nature, \[vast like\] empty space, because there is no difference \[between them\]. Now, the Buddha's body and all the Buddha's virtues are spoken of as the reality of suffering; delusion regarding this reality of suffering is called delusion regarding the truth of suffering. The other truths are also like this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.245](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.3.245) - [Next: 3.247](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.3.247) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764~en-mt.3.246) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.3.246](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.3.246) · Pramāṇa