[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) › [法華經義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715) › 2.62 # 法華經義記 2.62 法華經義記 2.62 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.2.62) 就正雙歎二智中，先歎實智後歎方便智也。只就歎實智中自有二句，「諸佛智慧」一句將欲歎，故先舉實智。「甚深無量」此一句是第二正歎實智。所以言「甚深無量」者，縱則論甚深、橫則言無量。三世諸佛皆有此實智，故言甚深；橫論十方諸佛實智，故言無量。望之杳然，故言甚深；際不可知，故言無量。此是正歎實智也。「其智慧門難解難入」，此是歎方便智，就中有三，「其智慧門」一句先舉權智體，「難解難入」一句第二正歎也。「一切聲聞」以下第三出不知人也。方便智是實智家門，由方便智說三乘教，故實智得通。何以知之？先說三教然後一教得宜故，如即時立門通佛出入，仍呼為佛門無異，由方便智故實智得通，是故詺方便智持作實智家門也。今言其者，只其實智則言其家門，誰是？則言只方便智是，而復言「難解難入」者，第二正歎方便智，言難解難入二乘人不能測此方便智，故言難解難入。所以不詺作不可解不可入者，若言不可解不可入者，然佛即是能解能入，非是不可解；然此理深妙難可得解，唯佛能解入，阿誰不能解不能入者，故第三則出其人，一切聲聞、辟支佛，只此二乘人等是不能解不能入者也。 > Regarding directly praising the two knowledges together, he first praises real knowledge and later praises expedient knowledge. Just within praising real knowledge there are of themselves two phrases: with the single phrase "The wisdom of the Buddhas," intending to praise it, he first puts forward real knowledge. "Profoundly deep and immeasurable" is the second phrase, directly praising real knowledge. Why does he say "profoundly deep and immeasurable"? Vertically, it speaks of profoundly deep; horizontally, it speaks of immeasurable. The Buddhas of the three periods of time all have this real knowledge, hence he says profoundly deep; horizontally discussing the real knowledge of the Buddhas of the ten directions, he therefore says immeasurable. Looking toward it, it is boundless and obscure, hence he says profoundly deep; its limits cannot be known, hence he says immeasurable. This directly praises real knowledge. "The gate to their wisdom is difficult to understand and difficult to enter": this praises expedient knowledge, and within it there are three \[points\]. The single phrase "The gate to their wisdom" first presents the essence of expedient knowledge; the phrase "difficult to understand and difficult to enter" is second, directly praising it; from "all the śrāvakas" onwards is third, identifying the persons who do not know. Expedient knowledge is the gate of real knowledge: because expedient knowledge speaks the teachings of the three vehicles, real knowledge is able to penetrate. How is this known? Because first the three teachings are spoken and afterwards the one teaching achieves suitability. Just as right now a gate is erected through which the Buddha goes out and comes in, and it is still called the Buddha's gate without distinction, so through expedient knowledge real knowledge is able to penetrate; therefore expedient knowledge is designated and used as the gate of real knowledge. Now in saying "their," it refers precisely to the real knowledge, speaking of its gate. Who is it? It says that it is precisely expedient knowledge. Then again saying "difficult to understand and difficult to enter" is second, directly praising expedient knowledge, saying it is difficult to understand and difficult to enter because persons of the two vehicles cannot fathom this expedient knowledge, hence it is said to be difficult to understand and difficult to enter. Why is it not designated as impossible to understand and impossible to enter? If it were said to be impossible to understand and impossible to enter, yet the Buddha is precisely one who can understand and can enter, so it is not impossible to understand; however, this principle is profound and subtle, difficult to understand; only the Buddha can understand and enter it. As for who cannot understand and cannot enter, the third \[part\] therefore identifies the persons: all the śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas—it is precisely these persons of the two vehicles who cannot understand and cannot enter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.2.61) - [Next: 2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.2.63) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715~en-mt.2.62) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.2.62) · Pramāṇa