[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) › [維摩經略疏垂裕記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779) › 4.8 # 維摩經略疏垂裕記 4.8 維摩經略疏垂裕記 4.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.4.8) 二、「今橫」下，總成三德。「高廣義顯」者，高即竪徹如理，廣即橫周法界。「非竪」下，配三德，如向記。「如世」下，彼土有新舊兩伊字，新伊字體一點在上、二點居下，猶此方草書「下」字，故喻三德不縱橫也。《涅槃．哀歎品》云「何等名為祕密之藏？猶如伊字三點，若並則不成伊、縱亦不成。如摩醯首羅面上三目，乃得成伊。我亦如是，解脫之法亦非涅槃、如來之身亦非涅槃、摩訶般若亦非涅槃，三法各異亦非涅槃。」故知即一而三、即三而一方是涅槃也。 > Second, from "Now the horizontal" downward, universally accomplishing the three virtues. As for "the meaning of high and vast being manifest": high means vertically penetrating suchness and principle; vast means horizontally pervading the dharmadhātu. From "not vertical" downward matches the three virtues, as noted above. As for "like worldly" downward, that land has both the new and old letter 'i'; the graph of the new letter 'i' has one dot on top and two dots below, like the cursive character "xia" (below) in this land, hence metaphorizing the three virtues being neither vertical nor horizontal. The Chapter on Lamentation of the Nirvāṇa \[Sūtra\] says: "What is called the secret treasury? It is like the three dots of the letter 'i': if placed side by side they do not form the letter 'i', and if vertical they also do not form it. Like the three eyes on the face of Maheśvara, only then does it form the letter 'i'. I am also like this: the dharma of liberation is not nirvāṇa, the body of the Tathāgata is not nirvāṇa, and mahāprajñā is not nirvāṇa; the three dharmas being distinct is also not nirvāṇa." Therefore we know that being three while one, and one while three, is only then nirvāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.4.7) - [Next: 4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.4.9) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779~en-mt.4.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.4.8) · Pramāṇa