[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) › 8.136 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 8.136 妙法蓮華經玄義 8.136 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.136) 小乘淺近，一生斷結，喻如小家。大乘深遠，通處則長，譬如大家，須千門萬戶也，三四何足為多耶？ > The Hīnayāna is shallow and immediate, severing fetters in a single lifetime, like a small household. The Mahāyāna is deep and vast, and the realms it traverses are long, like a great clan that must have thousands of gates and myriad doors; how could three sets of four be considered too many? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.135) - [Next: 8.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.137) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.8.136) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.136) · Pramāṇa