Section 30 — The mark of the one whole一合理相分第三十
1If the World Were Ground Into Dust
「須菩提！若善男子、善女人，以三千大千世界碎為微塵，於意云何？是微塵眾寧為多不？」
"Subhuti! If a good man or a good woman ground the great thousandfold world-system into dust, what do you think? Would those motes of dust be many?"
Interlinear notes 1
一合之理，實無有相
In the principle of the one whole there is in truth no mark at all.
2That Is Only the Name Motes of Dust
須菩提言「甚多，世尊！何以故？若是微塵眾實有者，佛則不說是微塵眾。所以者何？佛說微塵眾，則非微塵眾，是名微塵眾。」
Subhuti said, "Very many, World-Honored One! Why is this? Because if those motes of dust truly existed, the Buddha would not have called them motes of dust. And how is that so? What the Buddha calls motes of dust are not motes of dust; that is only the name motes of dust."
3That Is Only the Name the Mark of the One Whole
「世尊！如來所說三千大千世界，則非世界，是名世界。何以故？若世界實有者，則是一合相。如來說一合相，則非一合相，是名一合相。」
"World-Honored One! The great thousandfold world-system the Tathagata speaks of is not a world either; that is only the name world. Why is this? Because if a world truly existed, it would be the mark of the one whole (一合相); and the mark of the one whole the Tathagata speaks of is not the mark of the one whole; that is only the name the mark of the one whole."
4Ordinary People Crave and Hold to the Matter
「須菩提！一合相者，則是不可說；但凡夫之人貪著其事。」
"Subhuti! The mark of the one whole is something that cannot be spoken; it is only that ordinary people crave and hold to the matter."