[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) › 5.82 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 5.82 妙法蓮華經玄義 5.82 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.82) 三十二云：「凡夫如雜血乳；須陀洹、斯陀含如淨乳；阿那含如酪；阿羅漢如生蘇；支佛、菩薩如熟蘇；佛如醍醐。」此譬通教五位也。凡夫不斷惑，乳猶雜血。二果侵思未多，同初果如乳。三果欲思已盡，故如酪。四果見思俱盡，如生蘇。支佛智利侵習，小勝聲聞，故共菩薩如熟蘇。十地名佛地，即是醍醐。 > Chapter Thirty-Two states: "Ordinary beings are like milk mixed with blood; srotaāpannas and sakṛdāgamins are like pure milk; anāgamins are like curd; arhats are like raw curd-butter; pratyekabuddhas and bodhisattvas are like cooked curd-butter; buddhas are like ghee." This is an analogy for the five stages of the shared teaching. Ordinary beings do not sever delusions, so their milk is still mixed with blood. For the second fruit, thoughts are not yet diminished much, so together with the first fruit they are like milk. For the third fruit, desire thoughts are already exhausted, so they are like curd. For the fourth fruit, both views and thoughts are exhausted, so they are like raw curd-butter. Pratyekabuddhas, whose wisdom is sharp, diminish habitual tendencies, slightly excelling śrāvakas, so together with bodhisattvas they are like cooked curd-butter. The tenth ground is called the buddha ground, which is ghee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.81) - [Next: 5.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.83) - [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.5.82) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [摩訶止觀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.3.213) — Classical Chinese - [天台八教大意](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1930.1.47) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.82) · Pramāṇa