[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) › 5.36 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 5.36 妙法蓮華經玄義 5.36 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.36) 又以四句料簡圓位，或開初合後，或開後合初，或初後俱開，或初後俱合。如《大經》明三十三天不死甘露，將、臣共服。此譬諸位，開前為三十心，合十地為一，等覺為一，譬三十二臣，喻於因位；妙覺為主，譬於果位。君之與臣，同服甘露；因之與果，俱證常樂。若不以圓位釋之，此文難會。是為開初合後，以明圓位也。 > Furthermore, we distinguish the stages of the perfect teaching through four propositions: either opening the initial and combining the subsequent, opening the subsequent and combining the initial, both opening the initial and the subsequent, or both combining the initial and the subsequent. For example, the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra explains the deathless nectar of the thirty-three heavens, taken together by the general and his ministers. This illustrates the stages: opening the former into the thirty minds, combining the ten grounds into one, and equal enlightenment into one, illustrates the thirty-two ministers, representing the causal stages; marvelous enlightenment is the ruler, illustrating the fruition stage. Ruler and ministers partake of the nectar together; cause and fruition both realize the permanent and blissful. If one does not explain it through the stages of the perfect teaching, this text is difficult to understand. This is opening the initial and combining the subsequent to clarify the stages of the perfect teaching. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.35) - [Next: 5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.37) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.5.36) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.36) · Pramāṇa