[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) › 7.30 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 7.30 妙法蓮華經玄義 7.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.30) 聖有二種：一小乘聖，二大乘聖。如經云：「若有實得阿羅漢，生滅度想，若遇餘佛，便得決了。」南岳師云：初依名餘佛，無明未破名之為餘。能知如來祕密之藏，深覺圓理，名之為佛。佛滅後實得羅漢者，於權實未了。若遇初依，即能決了，成相似益，成進入分真益。此文往證凡夫之師，得為小乘聖人弘經得益也。經云：「六根清淨人說法，十方諸佛皆樂見之，皆向其處說法，一切天龍聞其所說，皆大歡喜。」此亦是凡夫師為大聖說法之明文也。 > There are two kinds of sages: first, Hīnayāna sages; second, Mahāyāna sages. As the sūtra says: "If there are those who have truly attained arhatship and conceive the notion of extinction, should they encounter another buddha, they will then achieve resolution." Master Nanyue said: "One of the first refuge is called 'another buddha.' Because fundamental ignorance has not yet been shattered, they are termed 'another'; because they are capable of knowing the Tathāgata's secret treasury and profoundly awakening to the perfect principle, they are termed 'buddha.'" Those who have truly attained arhatship after the Buddha's extinction have not yet understood the provisional and the real. If they encounter one of the first refuge, they will then achieve resolution, accomplishing the benefit of resemblance and accomplishing the benefit of advancing to partial realization. This text provides past testimony that a teacher who is an ordinary being can propagate the sūtra for Hīnayāna sages so that they obtain benefit. The sūtra says: "When a person of purified six sense faculties preaches the Dharma, all the buddhas of the ten directions delight in seeing them and all preach the Dharma facing that place, and all the devas and nāgas, hearing what is preached, are filled with great joy." This is also a clear passage showing that an ordinary teacher preaches the Dharma for great sages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.29) - [Next: 7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.31) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.7.30) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.30) · Pramāṇa