[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) › 3.63 # 法界次第初門 3.63 法界次第初門 3.63 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.63) 二、如炎。如炎者，炎以日光風動塵，故曠野中如野馬，無智之人初見謂為水。男相女相及一切法相亦如是，結使煩惱光諸行塵，邪憶念風，生死曠野中轉。無智慧者謂為一相，為男為女，是名為炎。復次，若遠見炎想為水，近則無水相。無智之者亦如是，若遠聖法，不知無我，不知諸法空，於陰、入、界性空法中生人想、男想、女想。近聖法則知諸法實相，是時虛誑種種妄想盡除，以是故說如炎。 > Second, like a mirage. 'Like a mirage' means that a mirage is caused by sunlight and wind stirring up dust, appearing in the wilderness like galloping wild horses; an unwise person upon first seeing it declares it to be water. The characteristics of male and female and the characteristics of all dharmas are also like this: the light of latent defilements and afflictions, the dust of the conditioned formations, and the wind of improper mindfulness turn within the wilderness of birth and death. The unwise proclaim them to be a single characteristic, to be male or female; this is called a mirage. Furthermore, if one sees a mirage from afar, one imagines it to be water, but when approached, there is no characteristic of water. The unwise are also like this: if they are far from the noble Dharma, they do not know selflessness and do not know the emptiness of all dharmas, generating notions of a person, notions of male, and notions of female within the inherently empty dharmas of the skandhas, āyatanas, and dhātus. When near the noble Dharma, they know the true nature of all dharmas, and at that time the various false and deceptive conceptualizations are completely eliminated; for this reason it is said to be like a mirage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.62) - [Next: 3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.64) - [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.3.63) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大毘盧遮那成佛經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.3.11) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.63) · Pramāṇa