[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) › [法界次第初門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925) › 3.61 # 法界次第初門 3.61 法界次第初門 3.61 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.61) 次十八空而辯十喻者，此十喻既為易解空故說。若修十八空觀者，不善用十喻曉其迷執滯有之情，體法真空正解發則無由，故次十八空而辯十喻，為成觀空之易悟，亦以異於二乘壞法而修空也。此十通名喻者，借事四理，以曉迷情，故名為喻。今以世間幻夢易解之空，以譬迷心氷執難解之空，令同易解，故此十事為喻也。 > The reason the ten similes are explained after the eighteen modes of emptiness is that these ten similes are taught in order to make emptiness easy to understand. If one who cultivates the contemplation of the eighteen modes of emptiness does not skillfully use the ten similes to illuminate their deluded attachments and stagnations in existence, there will be no way for a correct understanding of the true emptiness of dharmas to arise. Therefore, following the eighteen modes of emptiness, the ten similes are explained in order to bring about an easy awakening to the contemplation of emptiness, and also to distinguish it from the cultivation of emptiness by the two vehicles through destroying dharmas. The reason these ten are collectively called 'similes' is that concrete phenomena are borrowed to clarify principle, thereby illuminating deluded sentiments; hence they are called similes. Now, using the easily understood emptiness of worldly illusions and dreams to illustrate the difficult-to-understand emptiness of frozen attachments in a deluded mind, they are made equally easy to understand; thus these ten phenomena serve as similes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.60) - [Next: 3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.62) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.3.61) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.61) · Pramāṇa