[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) › 10.12 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 10.12 妙法蓮華經玄義 10.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.10.12) 一者、虎丘山岌師，述頓與不定，不殊前舊。漸更為三：十二年前明三藏，見有得道，名有相教；十二年後齊至法華，明見空得道，名無相教；最後雙林，明一切眾生佛性、闡提作佛，明常住教也。 > First, Master Ji of Mount Huqiu explained the sudden and the indeterminate without differing from the previous old \[views\]. He further divided the gradual into three: before twelve years, clarifying the Tripiṭaka where seeing existence leads to attaining the path, called the teaching with characteristics; after twelve years up through the Lotus Sūtra, clarifying that seeing emptiness leads to attaining the path, called the teaching without characteristics; and finally at the Twin Trees, clarifying the buddha-nature of all sentient beings and that icchantikas become buddhas, clarifying the teaching of eternal abiding. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.10.11) - [Next: 10.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.10.13) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.10.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.10.12) · Pramāṇa