[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) › [法界圖記叢髓錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1887b) › 1.116 # 法界圖記叢髓錄 1.116 法界圖記叢髓錄 1.116 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1887b.1.116) 二問：何故字中有始終耶？答：約修行方便，現因果不同故。何故字中多有屈曲？現三乘根欲差別不同故。何故始終兩字安置當中？表因果兩位法性家內真實德用性在中道故。字相如是。 > Second, question: Why is there a beginning and an end among the characters? Answer: In terms of the upāya of cultivation, it manifests the difference between cause and effect. Why are there many turns among the characters? It manifests the variance and differences in the faculties and desires of the three vehicles. Why are the two characters for beginning and end positioned in the middle? To represent that within the home of the dharmatā of the two stages of cause and effect, their real virtue and function are in the Middle Way by nature. The characteristics of the characters are like this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1887b.1.115) - [Next: 1.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1887b.1.117) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1887b.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1887b~en-mt.1.116) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [華嚴一乘法界圖](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1887a.1.34) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1887b.1.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1887b.1.116) · Pramāṇa