[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) › 3.69 # 法界次第初門 3.69 English (machine translation) 3.69 - **Language:** English ### [3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.3.69) Eighth, like a shadow. 'Like a shadow' means that it can only be seen but cannot be grasped. All dharmas are also like this: although seen, heard, sensed, and known by the eye faculty and the rest, they are truly unobtainable. Furthermore, like a shadow, when facing the light it appears, and when not facing the light it is absent; when the latent defilements and afflictions obstruct the light of right view, there is the shadow of the characteristic of self and the characteristic of dharmas; if the latent defilements and afflictions are eradicated, then the characteristic of self and the characteristic of dharmas are both non-existent. Furthermore, like a shadow, when a person goes, it goes, and when a person stays, it stays; the shadow of wholesome and unwholesome karma is also like this: when going to a future life, it also goes, and when staying in the present life, it also stays, because retribution is uninterrupted. - [Previous: 3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.3.68) - [Next: 3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.3.70) - [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.1925.3.69) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.3.69) · Pramāṇa