[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) › [註華嚴經題法界觀門頌](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1885) › 1.288 # 註華嚴經題法界觀門頌 1.288 註華嚴經題法界觀門頌 1.288 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.288](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1885.1.288) 功夫不到不方圓，言語不通非眷屬。義曰：前門約境，境相無實歸於真空，故云顯理也。此門約心，心非斷滅不異幻色，故云顯解也。《觀》云「四真空即幻色故，凡是真空必不異色，非斷滅故。」 > If effort does not arrive, things are neither square nor round; / If language does not communicate, they are not of the family. > The meaning is: The previous gate concerned the object: the object's characteristics have no reality and return to true emptiness; hence it was called 'manifesting principle.' This gate concerns the mind: the mind is not annihilated and is not different from illusory form; hence it is called 'manifesting understanding.' The Contemplation says: 'Fourth, because true emptiness is identical to illusory form, whatever is true emptiness is necessarily not different from form, because it is not annihilated.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.287](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1885.1.287) - [Next: 1.289](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1885.1.289) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1885.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1885~en-mt.1.288) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1885.1.288](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1885.1.288) · Pramāṇa