[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) › 2.123 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 2.123 妙法蓮華經玄義 2.123 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2.123) 三、明四諦境，為四：一、明四諦。二、判麁妙。三、開麁顯妙。四、觀心。初又二：一、出他解，二、四番四諦。有師解《勝鬘》無邊聖諦，對二乘有餘，彰佛究竟。二乘是有作四聖諦，作者，有量四聖諦也。無作四聖諦者，無量四聖諦也。作、無作就行；量、無量就法。二乘觀諦，得法不盡，更有所作，故名有作。得法不盡，則有限量。經言：「因他知，知是有作行也。」因他知，非一切知，不知無量法也，故言有作、有量。無作、無量者，佛知無窮盡，更無所作，故名無作。自力知一切，知者無作行也。一切者，是無量法也。如此釋者，雖唱四名，但成二義，非今所用。 > Third, clarifying the objective realm of the four truths, which has four parts: 1. clarifying the four truths; 2. evaluating the crude and the subtle; 3. opening the crude and revealing the subtle; 4. contemplation of mind. The first part also has two parts: 1. citing other explanations, 2. the four sets of four truths. A master explains the boundless noble truths in the Śrīmālādevī-sūtra as contrasted with the incomplete \[attainment\] of the two vehicles, illuminating the Buddha's ultimate \[realization\]. For the two vehicles, there are the constructed four noble truths; "constructed" means the measurable four noble truths. The unconstructed four noble truths are the immeasurable four noble truths. Constructed and unconstructed pertain to practice; measurable and immeasurable pertain to phenomena. When the two vehicles contemplate the truths, they do not exhaust phenomena and still have further tasks to perform, hence they are called constructed. Because they do not exhaust phenomena, there are limits and measures. The sūtra states: "Knowing through another—such knowing is constructed practice." Knowing through another is not knowing all, and does not know immeasurable phenomena; hence it is called constructed and measurable. As for the unconstructed and immeasurable: the Buddha's knowledge is without end and has no further tasks to perform, hence it is called unconstructed. Knowing all through self-power—such knowing is unconstructed practice. "All" refers to immeasurable phenomena. Such an explanation, although proclaiming four names, merely establishes two meanings, which is not what is used here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2.122) - [Next: 2.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2.124) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.2.123) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2.123) · Pramāṇa