[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) › [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016) › 27.12 # 宗鏡錄 27.12 宗鏡錄 27.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [27.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.27.12) 答。宗非數量。非一非三。說遍恒沙。而三而一。疏云。昔為破邪。說一為三。三不乖一。今為破別。說三為一。一不乖三。如此三一乃是諸佛境界。故云即體而用。一不違三。即用而體。三不違一。體用自在。破立無礙矣。 > Answer: The source is not a number or quantity: it is neither one nor three. Though spoken of pervading sands of the Ganges, it is both three and one. The Commentary says: 'Formerly, to destroy heresy, one was spoken of as three, yet three did not contradict one. Now, to destroy differentiation, three is spoken of as one, yet one does not contradict three.' Such threeness and oneness are indeed the realm of all Buddhas. Therefore it is said: relying on substance there is function, so one does not contradict three; relying on function there is substance, so three does not contradict one. Substance and function are sovereign; refutation and establishment are unimpeded. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 27.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.27.11) - [Next: 27.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.27.13) - [Up: 27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.27) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.27.12) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大般涅槃經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.9.32) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.27.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.27.12) · Pramāṇa