[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) › 5.55 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 5.55 妙法蓮華經玄義 5.55 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.55) 若佛赴機，興廢破立者，如《無量義經》云：「無量法者，從一法生，所謂二道、三法、四果。」二道者，即頓、漸也。三法者，即三乘也。四果者，四位也。此無量法，從一法生。何者？二道既是頓、漸，頓即大道，日照高山，且置未論。今明漸道之初，即三藏教。教云：求佛當三阿僧祇劫修六度行，百劫種相，乃可得佛。欲令生事善，故作是說。欲求佛者，改惡從善，善立教廢。即便破曰：豈有菩薩不斷結惑，而得菩提？毒器不任貯食，此教即廢，行、位皆廢。本望果行因，無果可望，佛智、佛位俱廢。 > If we speak of the Buddha's responding to capacities through arising, abolishing, refuting, and establishing, as the Immeasurable Meanings Sūtra states: "Immeasurable dharmas are born from a single dharma; namely, the two paths, the three dharmas, and the four fruits." The "two paths" are the sudden and the gradual. The "three dharmas" are the three vehicles. The "four fruits" are the four stages. These immeasurable dharmas are born from a single dharma. Why? Since the two paths are the sudden and the gradual, the sudden is the great path, the sun shining upon the high mountains; let us set it aside for now. Now, clarifying the beginning of the gradual path: this is the tripiṭaka teaching. The teaching says: to seek buddhahood, one must cultivate the six perfections for three asaṃkhyeya kalpas and plant the physical marks for a hundred kalpas, only then being able to attain buddhahood. Desiring to generate phenomenal good, he made this statement. For those who wish to seek buddhahood, reforming evil and pursuing good, once good is established the teaching is abolished. It is then refuted: How could there be a bodhisattva who does not sever afflictive entanglements and yet attains bodhi? A poisoned vessel is unfit for holding food. This teaching is then abolished, and both its practices and stages are abolished. Originally one practiced the cause looking toward the fruit; with no fruit to look toward, both the buddha-wisdom and the buddha-stage are abolished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.54) - [Next: 5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.56) - [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.5.55) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.55) · Pramāṇa