[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) › 9.49 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 9.49 妙法蓮華經玄義 9.49 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.9.49) 此義當通用，不可局在一門。何者？如三藏四門赴機異說，故言四；同是佛教，故言一。門門方便異，故言四；同向涅槃，故言一。所通從能通，故言四；能通會所通，故言一。文字中無菩提，是約教論狹小；譬如隘路，不受二人並行，即約行論狹小。教行兩門取真難契，即約理論狹小（云云）。 > This meaning should be applied generally; it must not be confined to a single gate. Why is this? As for the four gates of the Tripiṭaka, they are spoken differently to respond to capacities, hence called 'four'; they are equally the Buddha's teaching, hence called 'one'. Gate by gate, their skillful means differ, hence called 'four'; they equally head toward nirvāṇa, hence called 'one'. The facilitated follows the facilitating, hence called 'four'; the facilitating unites with the facilitated, hence called 'one'. That there is no bodhi within words discusses narrowness and smallness in terms of teaching; just as a narrow path cannot admit two people walking side by side, this discusses narrowness and smallness in terms of practice. That teaching and practice, as two gates, find it difficult to accord with the true discusses narrowness and smallness in terms of principle (and so on). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.9.48) - [Next: 9.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.9.50) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.9.49) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.9.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.9.49) · Pramāṇa