[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) › [中觀論疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1824) › 2.28 # 中觀論疏 2.28 中觀論疏 2.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1824.2.28) 七者此之八不即是正法。如《華嚴經》雖有七處八會，大宗為明正法，故云「正法性遠離，一切言語道，一切趣非趣，悉皆寂滅性。」正法為華嚴之本，故收前能化所化因果，歸非因非果正法。從正法非果非因，更出生因果等用，故正法為本。正法即是中道，中道即是不生不滅、不斷不常，故八不若成正法即顯，正法顯故因果便立，即七處之經蘊在八不之內。 > Seventh, these eight negations are the True Dharma. For example, although the Avataṃsaka-sūtra has seven locations and eight assemblies, its primary宗旨 is to clarify the True Dharma; thus it states: "The nature of the True Dharma is far removed from all paths of words; all destinies and non-destinies are entirely of the nature of tranquil cessation." The True Dharma is the root of the Avataṃsaka; therefore it subsumes the preceding causes and effects of the transformer and transformed, returning them to the True Dharma that is neither cause nor effect. From the True Dharma that is neither effect nor cause, functions such as cause and effect are further produced; therefore the True Dharma is the root. The True Dharma is itself the middle way, and the middle way is neither arising nor ceasing, neither annihilation nor permanence. Therefore, if the eight negations are established, the True Dharma is manifested; because the True Dharma is manifested, cause and effect are established; thus the sūtra of the seven locations is contained within the eight negations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1824.2.27) - [Next: 2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1824.2.29) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1824.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1824~en-mt.2.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1824.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1824.2.28) · Pramāṇa