[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) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt) › 3.68 # 法界次第初門 3.68 English (machine translation) 3.68 - **Language:** English ### [3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.3.68) Seventh, like a dream. 'Like a dream' means that in a dream there are no real matters, yet one proclaims them to be real, and upon awakening, one laughs at oneself. People are also like this: in the sleep of latent defilements, they attach to what is truly non-existent; when they awaken upon attaining the Path, they only then know it lacks reality, and they likewise laugh at themselves; for this reason it is said to be like a dream. Furthermore, by the power of sleep in a dream, one sees things as existing where there are no dharmas; people are also like this: by the power of the sleep of ignorance, they see things as existing where various things do not exist, namely self, what belongs to self, male, female, and so forth. - [Previous: 3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.3.67) - [Next: 3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.3.69) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.3) ## Linked texts (1) - [法界次第初門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.68) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.3.68) · Pramāṇa