[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) › 10.71 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 10.71 妙法蓮華經玄義 10.71 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.10.71) 次開漸者，佛本以大乘擬度眾生，其不堪者，尋思方便，趣波羅柰，於一乘道分別說三，即是開三藏教也。非但釋迦隱其無量神德作斯漸化，過現諸佛亦復如是。如前所引，當知初頓之後，次開於漸。故《涅槃》云：「從佛出十二部經，從十二部出修多羅。」正與此義相應。譬如從牛出乳，從乳出酪，其譬不違。漸機於頓教未轉，全生如乳；三藏中轉，革凡成聖，喻變乳為酪，即是次第相生，為第二時教，不取濃淡優劣為喻也。〈方便品〉文齊於此。 > Next, opening the gradual: the Buddha originally intended to save sentient beings with the Mahāyāna, but for those who could not bear it, he pondered expedient devices, went to Vārāṇasī, and in the path of the One Vehicle discriminately expounded the three, which was opening the tripiṭaka teaching. Not only did Śākyamuni conceal his immeasurable spiritual virtues to perform this gradual transformation, but past and present buddhas were also like this. As cited earlier, one should know that after the initial sudden, the gradual is next opened. Therefore, the Nirvāṇa \[Sūtra\] says: 'From the Buddha emerge the twelve divisions of scriptures; from the twelve divisions emerge the sūtras.' This corresponds precisely to this meaning. It is like milk coming from a cow, and coagulated milk coming from milk; the analogy does not conflict. Gradual capacities were not transformed in the sudden teaching, being completely raw like milk; being transformed within the tripiṭaka, altering from ordinary to holy, is compared to transforming milk into coagulated milk: this is sequential production, being the teaching of the second period; it does not take thickness, thinness, superiority, or inferiority as the analogy. The text of the 'Expedient Devices' chapter stops here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.10.70) - [Next: 10.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.10.72) - [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.10.71) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.3.78) — 志磐, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.10.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.10.71) · Pramāṇa