[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) › 3.70 # 法界次第初門 3.70 法界次第初門 3.70 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.70) 九、如鏡中像。如鏡中像者，鏡中之像，非鏡作、非面作，非鏡面和合作，亦非無因緣作，雖無定有，而亦可見分別。諸法亦如是，非是自有、非他有、非共有，亦非無因緣有，雖有不可得，但以名字而有分別。如鏡中像，實無所有，而誑惑小兒，令生憂喜。智者雖見，即知非實，故無憂喜。諸法亦如是，誑惑凡夫，生諸煩惱。實智慧者雖復見聞，既知無實，不生結業，故說如鏡中像。 > Ninth, like an image in a mirror. 'Like an image in a mirror' means that the image in a mirror is not made by the mirror, not made by the face, not made by the conjunction of mirror and face, nor is it made without causes and conditions; although it does not definitively exist, it can be seen and distinguished. All dharmas are also like this: they do not exist from themselves, do not exist from another, do not exist from both, nor do they exist without causes and conditions; although they exist unobtainably, they are distinguished merely through names. Just as an image in a mirror has no real existence, yet deceives small children and causes them to produce sorrow and joy; the wise, though seeing it, immediately know it is not real, and therefore have neither sorrow nor joy. All dharmas are also like this: they deceive ordinary persons, producing various afflictions; those with true wisdom, though seeing and hearing them, know that they lack reality and do not produce latent defilements and karma; therefore, it is said to be like an image in a mirror. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.69) - [Next: 3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.71) - [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.3.70) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.70) · Pramāṇa