[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) › [妙法蓮華經玄義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716) › 1.228 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 1.228 妙法蓮華經玄義 1.228 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.228](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.1.228) 果位高下四難者，今果位若高，設教何得在第五教下？行那不出無常？人那不出變易？理那不窮祕藏？當知今果之位闕四一，皆下、皆麁；昔果位具四一，皆高、皆妙。 > Regarding the four challenges to the height and lowness of the fruit's rank: If the present fruit's rank were high, how could its established teaching fall beneath the fifth teaching? How could its practice not transcend impermanence? How could its persons not transcend transformation \[birth and death\]? How could its principle not exhaust the secret treasury? One should know that the present fruit's rank lacks the four onenesses and is entirely low and coarse; the past fruit's rank was equipped with the four onenesses and was entirely high and subtle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.227](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.1.227) - [Next: 1.229](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.1.229) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.1.228) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.1.228](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.1.228) · Pramāṇa