[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) › 8.156 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 8.156 妙法蓮華經玄義 8.156 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.156) 五百阿羅漢作《毘婆沙》，正申有門得道，云何而言是調心方便？四門調適，俱能得道。若生取著，俱不得道。若但云見有得道，見空不得道，云何異於外人？故《大論》云：「若不得般若方便，則墮有無。」今以十法為方便，直入真門，永異外道也。是為有門入真之觀也。餘空門、亦空亦有門、非空非有門，入真之觀始終方便，比於有門，各各不同。然俱會偏真，斷三界惑，更無異也。其三門準有，例應十觀，大同小異，可以意得，今不能煩記（云云）。 > The five hundred arhats composed the Vibhāṣā precisely to explain attaining the path through the gate of existence; why would one say it is merely an expedient for harmonizing the mind? When the four gates are harmonized, all can lead to attaining the path. If grasping and attachment arise, none can lead to attaining the path. If one only says that seeing existence attains the path and seeing emptiness does not attain the path, how does this differ from outsiders? Therefore, the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa says: 'If one does not attain the expedients of prajñā, one falls into existence or non-existence.' Now, using the ten dharmas as expedients, one directly enters the gate of truth, eternally differing from non-Buddhists. This is the contemplation of entering truth through the gate of existence. The expedients from beginning to end for the contemplations of entering truth through the other gates—the gate of emptiness, the gate of both emptiness and existence, and the gate of neither emptiness nor existence—differ respectively from the gate of existence. Yet they all converge in partial truth and sever the defilements of the three realms, without any difference. The other three gates correspond to existence, uniformly entailing ten contemplations, largely the same with minor differences, which can be understood in thought, so I will not trouble to record them here (and so forth). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.155) - [Next: 8.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.157) - [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.8.156) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.156) · Pramāṇa