[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) › 7.4 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 7.4 妙法蓮華經玄義 7.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.4) 別論益者，則是淺深不同，謂聲聞斷正，緣覺侵習，同名中草。菩薩伏惑，兼度眾生。故經云：「求世尊處，我當作佛，行精進定。」是名上草益。蓋三藏教主慈善根力利益之相也。經云：「若諸菩薩智慧堅固，了達三界，求最上乘。」即三人同觀無生，非但有前析智之益，別有巧度，即是體真，是為小樹增長益。蓋通教主利益之相。經云：「復有住禪得神通力，聞諸法空，心大歡喜。」住禪者，住九種大禪；心大歡喜者，登歡喜地，度無數億百千眾生，是名大樹增長。非但有前因果析體之益，而別有分別道種智，乃至一切種智益。蓋別教主利益之相。經云：今當為汝說最實事，不啻如前之益，乃有即破無明、顯出佛性究竟實益。蓋圓教主利益之相。 > Discussing the benefits distinctly, they are different in depth: namely, śrāvakas severing fundamental \[delusions\] and pratyekabuddhas eroding residual habits are jointly termed medium herbs. Bodhisattvas subdue afflictions and concurrently deliver sentient beings. Therefore the sūtra says: "Seeking the place of the World-Honoured One, \[vowing,\] 'I shall become a buddha, practicing vigorous meditation'"—this is called the benefit of the superior herb. This is the characteristic of the benefit conferred through the power of compassionate roots of the lord of the tripiṭaka teaching. The sūtra says: "If bodhisattvas have firm wisdom, fully comprehend the three realms, and seek the supreme vehicle"—that is, the three kinds of persons jointly contemplating non-arising, not only having the previous benefit of analytical wisdom, but having skillful liberation, which is embodying truth—this is the benefit of the growth of the small tree. This is the characteristic of the benefit conferred by the lord of the shared teaching. The sūtra says: "Furthermore, there are those who dwell in dhyāna, attain supernormal powers, hear of the emptiness of all dharmas, and rejoice greatly in their hearts." "Dwelling in dhyāna" means dwelling in the nine kinds of great dhyānas; "rejoicing greatly in their hearts" means ascending to the Ground of Joy, delivering countless hundreds of thousands of kotis of sentient beings—this is called the growth of the great tree. Not only is there the previous benefit of cause, result, analysis, and embodiment, but distinctly there is the benefit of discriminating the wisdom of the aspects of the path, up to the wisdom of all aspects. This is the characteristic of the benefit conferred by the lord of the distinctive teaching. The sūtra says: "I will now speak for you of the most real matter," which does not merely equal the previous benefits, but possesses the ultimate real benefit of immediately breaking through fundamental ignorance and revealing the buddha-nature. This is the characteristic of the benefit conferred by the lord of the perfect teaching. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.3) - [Next: 7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.5) - [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.7.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.4) · Pramāṇa