[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) › 5.5 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 5.5 妙法蓮華經玄義 5.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.5) 名別義圓者，如五十二位，名與別同。而初、中、後位，圓融妙實，隨自意語，非是教道方便，依義不依語，應從圓判位也。 > Regarding 'the name is distinctive and the meaning is perfect,' as in the fifty-two stages, the names are identical to those of the distinctive \[teaching\]. Yet the initial, intermediate, and final stages are all perfectly interfused, wondrous, and real, words spoken in accord with \[the Buddha's\] own mind, not skillful means of pedagogical teaching. Relying on the meaning rather than the words, one should classify the stages according to the perfect \[teaching\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.4) - [Next: 5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.6) - [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.5.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.5) · Pramāṇa