[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) › [維摩義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776) › 4.67 # 維摩義記 4.67 維摩義記 4.67 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.4.67) 問曰：何不望直就佛已明所見，乃先觀己以類佛乎？解有四義：一、欲使人尋因知果。觀察自實，類知如來法身體故。二、欲使人準果知因。知佛法身與己體同，悟窮自實成佛道故。三、欲使人知果與因同體無別，於自身處求佛如來一切法故。四、欲使人知因與果同體無別，息去異見，證入平等真如法故。 > Question: Why does \[the text\] not clarify what is seen directly in terms of the Buddha, but instead first contemplates oneself to draw an analogy to the Buddha? Explanation: There are four meanings. First, he wishes to cause people to trace the cause so as to know the fruit: by observing their own reality, they analogously know the essence of the Tathāgata's dharmakāya. Second, he wishes to cause people to use the fruit as a standard to know the cause: knowing that the Buddha's dharmakāya is of the same essence as their own, they realize and exhaust their own reality to accomplish the Buddha path. Third, he wishes to cause people to know that fruit and cause are of the same essence without difference, seeking all dharmas of the Buddha Tathāgata within their own persons. Fourth, he wishes to cause people to know that cause and fruit are of the same essence without difference, putting an end to divergent views and realizing and entering the equal dharma of Suchness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.4.66) - [Next: 4.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.4.68) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776~en-mt.4.67) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.4.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.4.67) · Pramāṇa