[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) › 2.38 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 2.38 妙法蓮華經玄義 2.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2.38) 若用此法歷五味教者，乳教說菩薩界、佛界兩性相。或入即假等，或入即中等，入中乃是無上，而帶一方便，未全無上。酪教但明二乘相性，得入析空等，尚不明入即空等，況復餘耶！故非無上。生蘇明四種相性，或入析空等，或入即空等，或入即假等，或入即中等。唯佛相性，得入即空、即假、即中，而帶三方便，故非無上。熟蘇明三種相性，或入即空，或入即假，或入即中。唯佛性相，得入即空、即假、即中，而帶二方便，故非無上。 > If one applies this dharma across the teachings of the five flavors: the milk teaching preaches both natures and marks of the bodhisattva realm and the buddha realm. Some enter identical to the provisional and so on, or enter identical to the middle and so on; entering the middle is indeed unsurpassed, but because it carries along one expedient, it is not completely unsurpassed. The curd teaching only clarifies the marks and natures of the two vehicles, obtaining entry into analytical emptiness and so on; it does not yet clarify entry into identical to emptiness and so on, so how much less the rest! Therefore it is not unsurpassed. Raw curd clarifies four kinds of marks and natures: either entering analytical emptiness and so on, or entering identical to emptiness and so on, or entering identical to the provisional and so on, or entering identical to the middle and so on. Only the Buddha's marks and natures obtain entry into identical to emptiness, identical to the provisional, and identical to the middle; yet because it carries along three expedients, it is not unsurpassed. Cooked curd clarifies three kinds of marks and natures: either entering identical to emptiness, or entering identical to the provisional, or entering identical to the middle. Only the Buddha's natures and marks obtain entry into identical to emptiness, identical to the provisional, and identical to the middle; yet because it carries along two expedients, it is not unsurpassed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2.37) - [Next: 2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2.39) - [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.2.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2.38) · Pramāṇa