[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) › [華嚴法界玄鏡](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1883) › 1.57 # 華嚴法界玄鏡 1.57 華嚴法界玄鏡 1.57 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1883.1.57) 釋曰：第二寄喻以明也。既無可喻而舉喻者，借其分喻通其玄意，令諸達識因小見大，亡言領旨。文有三重無礙：初、以大海對一波，明大小無礙，此舉喻上事理相遍二義竟也。文但舉喻，略無法合。若總相合，以海喻理、以波喻事，配文可解，然意猶難見，大海何得全在一波？以海無二故。一理何得全在於一事？以理無二故。一波何以全匝大海？以同海故。一塵何以全遍於理？事同理故。一、同時全遍下，以一海對諸波，明一異無礙，約法即一理對於諸事以辯無礙。又上即非大非小，此即非一非異，其一異等相，至下問答自明所以。三、又大海全遍一波下，以大海雙對一波諸波互望齊遍無礙，約法即以一理對一事多事相望齊遍無礙。 > Explanation: The second \[part\] uses a metaphor to explain. Since there is nothing that can serve as a metaphor, why raise a metaphor? It borrows a partial metaphor to convey its profound meaning, so that those of thorough understanding may see the great through the small and grasp the purport beyond words. The text has a threefold non-obstruction: First, contrasting the great ocean with a single wave to clarify the non-obstruction of large and small; this completes the metaphor illustrating the two meanings of mutual pervasion of phenomena and principle above. The text only raises the metaphor, omitting the application to the dharma. If applied in general, using the ocean to illustrate principle and the wave to illustrate phenomena, aligning the text makes it intelligible. Yet the meaning is still difficult to see: How can the great ocean be entirely within a single wave? Because the ocean is not two. How can the single principle be entirely within a single phenomenon? Because principle is not two. Why does a single wave completely encompass the great ocean? Because it is identical to the ocean. Why does a single dust particle completely pervade principle? Because phenomena are identical to principle. Second, from "simultaneously completely pervading" downward, contrasting the one ocean with multiple waves to clarify the non-obstruction of unity and difference; in terms of dharma, this discusses non-obstruction by contrasting the single principle with manifold phenomena. Furthermore, the above was neither large nor small, while this is neither one nor different; the reasons for their characteristics of oneness and difference will be clarified naturally in the questions and answers below. Third, from "furthermore, when the great ocean completely pervades a single wave" downward, simultaneously contrasting the great ocean with both a single wave and all waves to mutually consider their equal pervasion without obstruction; in terms of dharma, this means contrasting the single principle with both a single phenomenon and multiple phenomena to mutually consider their equal pervasion without obstruction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1883.1.56) - [Next: 1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1883.1.58) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1883.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1883~en-mt.1.57) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1883.1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1883.1.57) · Pramāṇa