[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) › [楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789) › 3.44 # 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 3.44 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 3.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.3.44) 「云何本住法？謂古先聖道，如金銀等性，法界常住。若如來出世、若不出世，法界常住，如趣彼城道。譬如士夫行曠野中，見向古城平坦正道，即隨入城，受如意樂。大慧！於意云何？彼作是道及城中種種樂邪？」答言：「不也。」佛告大慧：「我及過去一切諸佛，法界常住亦復如是。是故說言『我於某夜得最正覺，乃至某夜入般涅槃，於其中間不說一字，亦不已說、當說。』」爾時，世尊欲重宣此義而說偈言： > "What is the originally abiding dharma? It refers to the ancient path of the sages, like the nature of gold, silver, and the like: the dharmadhātu ever abides. Whether Tathāgatas appear in the world or do not appear in the world, the dharmadhātu ever abides, just like the road leading to that city. For example, a man travelling in a wilderness sees an even and straight road heading toward an ancient city; he then follows it, enters the city, and experiences delightful pleasure. Mahāmati, what do you think? Did that man make this road and the various pleasures in the city?" He replied, "No." The Buddha told Mahāmati, "With me and all past Buddhas, the eternal abiding of the dharmadhātu is also like this. Therefore, it is said: 'From the night I attained the most perfect enlightenment, up to the night I entered parinirvāṇa, between these I did not utter a single word, nor have I spoken, nor will I speak.'" Then, the World-Honoured One, wishing to proclaim this meaning once again, spoke a verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.3.43) - [Next: 3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.3.45) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789~en-mt.3.44) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [入楞伽經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.lankavatara*zh-bodhiruci.5.26) — Classical Chinese - [楞伽阿跋多羅寶經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.lankavatara*zh-gunabhadra.3.26) — Classical Chinese - [འཕགས་པ་ལང་ཀར་གཤེགས་པའི་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.lankavatara*bo.5.3) — Classical Tibetan - [འཕགས་པ་ལང་ཀར་གཤེགས་པ་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་མདོ་ལས་སངས་རྒྱས་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་གསུང་གི་སྙིང་པོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་ལེའུ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.lankavatara*bo-d108.5.6) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.3.44) · Pramāṇa