[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) › 1.38 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 1.38 妙法蓮華經玄義 1.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.1.38) 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.1.37) - [Next: 1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.1.39) - [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.1.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.1.38) · Pramāṇa