[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) › 9.140 # 維摩經略疏垂裕記 9.140 維摩經略疏垂裕記 9.140 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.9.140) 二、正釋經文，三：初、明不轉，二：初、分科。二、隨釋，三：初、天女問，二：初、釋法，二：初、約真諦。荊溪云：天以正觀譬顯者，先明正觀，故云十二年來求女人相了不可得。於三德中無男女相，譬顯亦須依於三德。「譬如」下，譬顯也。「天陽地陰」等者，亦可云晝陽夜陰等，不可說盡，一切莫不皆在陰陽。 > Second, properly explaining the text of the scripture, which has three parts: first, explaining non-transformation, which has two parts: first, dividing the sections; second, following the text to explain them, which has three parts: first, the goddess asks, which has two parts: first, explaining the Dharma, which has two parts: first, in terms of ultimate truth. Jingxi says: "The goddess uses correct contemplation to illustrate and reveal": first she clarifies correct contemplation, hence she says that for twelve years she sought the mark of a woman and could not find it at all. Within the three virtues, there are no marks of male or female; the illustrative revelation must also rely on the three virtues. From "for example" downward, it is an illustrative revelation. Regarding "heaven is yang and earth is yin..." and so forth: one could also say day is yang and night is yin, and so forth, which cannot be exhausted; there is nothing that is not contained within yin and yang. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.9.139) - [Next: 9.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.9.141) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779~en-mt.9.140) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.9.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.9.140) · Pramāṇa