二諦義 2.20

English (machine translation) 2.20

Language: English

2.20

Next, the second, explaining the meaning with reference to causes and conditions, clarifies the conventional as the meaning of the ultimate, and the ultimate as the meaning of the conventional. Why? If the conventional were not the ultimate, it would not be conventional; if the ultimate were not the conventional, it would not be ultimate. If it were not the ultimate, it would not be conventional: the conventional does not obstruct the ultimate; if it were not the conventional, it would not be ultimate: the ultimate does not obstruct the conventional. The conventional does not obstruct the ultimate: the conventional takes the ultimate as its meaning; the ultimate does not obstruct the conventional: the ultimate takes the conventional as its meaning.

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二諦義 — Classical Chinese