[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 2.8 # 法苑珠林 2.8 法苑珠林 2.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.2.8) 成則同成。壞則同壞。皆是一化佛所統之處。名為三千大千世界。號為娑婆世界。梵本正音。名為索訶世界。依自誓三昧經。云娑訶世界者（漢言忍界。謂此土人物剛強難忍事故。立名號為忍）其佛號曰能仁。以別束廣名曰三界。一欲界。二色界。三無色界。初欲界者欲有四種。一是情欲。二是色欲。三是食欲。四是婬慾。二色界有二。一是情欲。二是色欲。無色界有一情欲。初具四欲強色微故。云欲界。第二色界色強欲微。故號色界。第三無色界色絕欲劣。故名無色界（更依華嚴。辯三千大千世界。乃有多種不煩廣述也）。 > When they form, they form together; when they disintegrate, they disintegrate together. All of this is the place governed by one transformation Buddha, called a three-thousand-great-thousand world, and designated the Sahā world. Its correct pronunciation according to the Sanskrit text is the Suohe world. According to the \*Zishi sanmei jing\*, it is called the Suohe world (in Chinese, the Realm of Endurance; because the people and things of this land are unyielding and hard to endure, it is given the name "Endurance"), and its Buddha is titled Able to be Benevolent \[Śākyamuni\]. Compacting the broad \[varieties\] under distinct headings, they are called the tridhātu: first, the kāmadhātu; second, the rūpadhātu; third, the ārūpyadhātu. As for the first, the kāmadhātu, desire is of four kinds: first, affective desire; second, desire for form; third, desire for food; fourth, sexual desire. The second, the rūpadhātu, has two: first, affective desire; second, desire for form. The ārūpyadhātu has one: affective desire. In the first, having the four desires fully, \[desire\] is strong and form is subtle; therefore it is called the kāmadhātu. In the second, the rūpadhātu, form is strong and desire is weak; therefore it is named the rūpadhātu. In the third, the ārūpyadhātu, form is cut off and desire is inferior; therefore it is named the ārūpyadhātu. (Further relying on the Avataṃsaka, in distinguishing the three-thousand-great-thousand world system, there are indeed many varieties; we need not recount them in full). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.2.7) - [Next: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.2.9) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.2.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.2.8) · Pramāṇa