[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) › 4.27 # 法華經義記 4.27 法華經義記 4.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.4.27) 問者言：「門自狹小不能通諸子得出，何關諸子不肯出耶？」解釋者言：「經文自言諸子幼稚未有所識，不肯從門出；若有識有知，豈應在門內為火所燒？但于時大乘教於眾生無用，義成狹小也。」 > The questioner asks: “The gate itself is narrow and small and cannot let the children through to escape; what does that have to do with the children being unwilling to come out?” The explicator says: “The sūtra text itself says that the children are young and childish, lacking understanding, and unwilling to come out through the gate; if they had understanding and knowledge, how could they stay inside the gate and be burned by fire? It is simply that at that time the teaching of the Great Vehicle was of no use to sentient beings, so in meaning it became narrow and small.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.4.26) - [Next: 4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.4.28) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715~en-mt.4.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.4.27) · Pramāṇa