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妙法蓮華經玄義 1.38

妙法蓮華經玄義 1.38

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1.38

約漸得明五味耳。又若小不聞大,大一向是頓;若大不用小,小一向是漸;若以大破小,是漸頓並陳;若帶小明大,是漸頓相資;若會小歸大,是漸頓泯合。故《無量義》云「漸頓二法,三道、四果不合。」今時則合,即此義也。

It is only from the perspective of the gradual that the five flavors can be clarified. Furthermore, if the lesser does not hear the great, the great is entirely sudden; if the great does not employ the lesser, the lesser is entirely gradual; if the great is used to shatter the lesser, this is the gradual and the sudden set forth side by side; if the lesser is carried along to clarify the great, this is the gradual and the sudden mutually supporting; if the lesser is converged into the great, this is the complete merging of the gradual and the sudden. Therefore the Anantanirdeśa-sūtra states: "In the two dharmas of the gradual and the sudden, the three paths and four fruits did not unite." At the present time they unite, which is precisely this meaning.

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