[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) › [注大乘入楞伽經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791) › 6.19 # 注大乘入楞伽經 6.19 注大乘入楞伽經 6.19 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.6.19) 如金銀等性本來自有，不由金師鼓之始有，以譬本住法性本自有，不由如來說之始有。假如來出世說之，法界不為之增；若佛不出無所言說，法界不為之減。言此法住、法位皆悉常住，非言說也。 > Just as the nature of gold, silver, and the like is originally existent of itself, and does not begin to exist only when a metalsmith melts them; this serves as an analogy showing that the fundamentally abiding nature of phenomena is originally existent of itself, and does not begin to exist only when the Tathāgata proclaims it. If a Tathāgata appears in the world and proclaims it, the dharma-realm does not thereby increase; if a Buddha does not appear and there is no proclamation, the dharma-realm does not thereby decrease. This means that the abiding of dharmas and the realm of dharmas are all permanently abiding, not dependent on speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.6.18) - [Next: 6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.6.20) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791~en-mt.6.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.6.19) · Pramāṇa