[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) › 4.196 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 4.196 妙法蓮華經玄義 4.196 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.4.196) 大樹位者，別教位也。此為三：一、出經論不同。二、總明位。三、別明位。此別教，名、義、理、惑、智、斷，皆別。此正約因緣假名、恒沙佛法、如來藏理、常住涅槃、無量四諦而論位次。 > The stage of the great tree is the stage of the distinctive teaching. This has three parts: 1. Showing the variations among sūtras and treatises; 2. Explaining the stages in general; 3. Explaining the stages in detail. In this distinctive teaching, names, meanings, principles, delusions, wisdom, and severances are all distinctive. This precisely discusses the sequence of stages in terms of causal-and-conditional provisional names, buddha dharmas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, the principle of the tathāgatagarbha, the eternally abiding nirvāṇa, and the immeasurable four truths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.4.195) - [Next: 4.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.4.197) - [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.4.196) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.4.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.4.196) · Pramāṇa