[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) › 2.53 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 2.53 妙法蓮華經玄義 2.53 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2.53) 今亦不尅教定時，那忽云齊方等耶？縱令爾者，別有所以。何者？利根菩薩於彼入妙，與《法華》不異。鈍根菩薩及二乘人猶帶方便，諸味調伏。方等帶生蘇論妙以待麁；般若帶熟蘇論妙以待麁；今經無二味方便，純真醍醐論妙以待麁。此妙、彼妙，妙義無殊；但以帶方便、不帶方便為異耳。 > Now we do not rigidly fix the teaching to a set time, so why do you say "from the vaipulya onward"? Even granting that it were so, there is a distinct reason. Why? Bodhisattvas of sharp faculties entered into the subtle there, no differently from the Lotus Sūtra. Bodhisattvas of dull faculties and persons of the two vehicles still carried expedient means, being tempered through the various flavors. The vaipulya carries raw curds to discuss the subtle in contrast to the crude; Prajñā carries cooked curds to discuss the subtle in contrast to the crude; the present sūtra lacks the expedients of the two flavors and discusses the subtle in contrast to the crude purely as genuine clarified butter (sarpirmaṇḍa). This subtlety and that subtlety do not differ in the meaning of subtlety; they differ only in whether they carry expedient means or do not carry expedient means. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2.52) - [Next: 2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2.54) - [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.2.53) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.2.53) · Pramāṇa