[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) › 4.183 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 4.183 妙法蓮華經玄義 4.183 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.4.183) 經論非不對當，但高下不同，人師對之異，或用見地止對初地，如今所用；或向初取三地，併對初地。《仁王》明四地，併對初地，此難定判。但通教見地，本是無間之道，不出觀證須陀洹，豈得初地斷見，乃至三地或云四地耶？若斷別惑，不共二乘，此義有之。又或言：六地斷結，齊羅漢，或云七地。此難定執。前後兩果，《經》、《論》對皆不定，中間可以意得。今以義推，不可定執也。 > It is not that sūtras and treatises do not match them, but their higher and lower alignments differ, and human masters match them differently: some use the stage of seeing to match only the first stage, as is currently used; or, taking from the inclination toward the first stage across three stages, they combine and match them to the first stage. The Renwang \[sūtra\] clarifies four stages combined and matched to the first stage; this is difficult to determine definitively. However, the stage of seeing in the shared teaching is fundamentally the unhindered path, realizing the srotaāpanna without emerging from contemplation; how could severing views span from the first stage up to the third or, as some say, the fourth stage? If it were severing distinctive delusions not shared with the two vehicles, such a principle could exist. Furthermore, some say: the sixth stage severs fetters equally with the arhat, while others say the seventh stage. This is difficult to hold definitively. For the two fruits before and after, the matchings in the sūtras and treatises are inconsistent, and the intermediate ones can be understood by inference. Deducing now through principle, one cannot cling to a definitive \[view\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.4.182) - [Next: 4.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.4.184) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.4.183) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [維摩經玄疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777.3.184) — Classical Chinese - [四教義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.8.21) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.4.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.4.183) · Pramāṇa