[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) › 7.22 # 法華經義記 7.22 法華經義記 7.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.7.22) 問者言：「火宅中明大乘化不得，然後三乘化得，爾後大乘機發，機發之時為說大乘。今者何故無大乘機為說大經，然後大乘化不得、小乘化得耶？」解釋者言：「此意為古今因緣相對故爾。我昔日是十六王子時已知汝有大乘機，即為覆講說大乘；汝于時已得大乘解為因緣，今日大乘機發，時我即為說大乘經，汝不可不信也。火宅中作次第者，如來出世之始，本欲為說大乘經，但于時無有大乘機，我用大乘擬宜化既不得，不可令此眾生永淪長苦，是故如來用三乘教化取眾生，後大乘機發時方說大乘經也。」 > A questioner asks: "In the \[parable of the\] burning house, it is explained that transforming through the Great Vehicle does not succeed, and then transforming through the three vehicles succeeds; thereafter the capacity for the Great Vehicle arises, and when the capacity arises, the Great Vehicle is preached for them. Why is it that here, without a capacity for the Great Vehicle, the Great Sūtra is preached for them, and only afterward does transforming through the Great Vehicle fail and transforming through the Lesser Vehicle succeed?" The explicator says: "This meaning is solely due to the correspondence between ancient and present causes and conditions. In the past, when I was the sixteenth prince, I already knew that you had the capacity for the Great Vehicle, and immediately repeated the exposition, preaching the Great Vehicle; at that time you had already attained understanding of the Great Vehicle as a cause and condition, so now, when the capacity for the Great Vehicle arises, I immediately preach the Great Vehicle sūtra for you, which you cannot fail to believe. As for the sequence set forth in the burning house: at the beginning of the Tathāgata's appearance in the world, he originally wished to preach the Great Vehicle sūtra, but at that time there was no capacity for the Great Vehicle; since using the Great Vehicle to tentatively adapt and transform did not succeed, and these sentient beings could not be allowed to sink forever into long suffering, the Tathāgata therefore used the teaching of the three vehicles to transform and retrieve sentient beings, and only later, when the capacity for the Great Vehicle arose, did he preach the Great Vehicle sūtra." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.7.21) - [Next: 7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.7.23) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715~en-mt.7.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.7.22) · Pramāṇa