翻譯名義集 4.26

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4.26

[Saddharmapuṇḍarīka] This translates as "the Lotus of the Wonderful Dharma". Tiantai says: "'Wonderful' means inconceivable; 'Dharma' refers to the provisional and real dharmas of the ten realms and ten suchnesses; 'Lotus' is a metaphor for the provisional and real dharmas." Ci'en says: "It adorns the ultimate chant of the grand principle; it signifies the overarching name of the entire work. The Dharma encompasses rules and upholds principles, binding all auspicious things so as to be called wonderful; the lotus combines elegance and bloom, uniting all beauties so as to manifest as the lotus."

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翻譯名義集 — 法雲, Classical Chinese