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# 維摩經玄疏 3.6

維摩經玄疏 3.6

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777.3.6)

一、修多羅藏者，修多羅，此或言無翻，或言有翻者，亦有多家不同，而多用「法本」為翻，所謂出世言教之本，故云「法本」，即是四《阿含經》也。

> First, as for the sūtra collection (\*sūtra-piṭaka\*): regarding \*sūtra\*, some say it is untranslatable, while others say it can be translated, with diverse interpretations among many masters; yet most commonly it is translated as "root of dharma" (faben), which means the root of world-transcending spoken teachings, and hence is called "root of dharma"; this refers precisely to the four \*Āgamas\*.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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