[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) › 9.52 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 9.52 妙法蓮華經玄義 9.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.9.52) 圓教四門亦如是，逗四種機，故言四；皆是佛說，故言一。入實觀異，故言四；四觀向實，故言一。將門名理，故言四；以理應門，故言一。此教即生死是涅槃，教不狹小；煩惱即菩提，行不狹小。而此教觀取理難當，名理為狹小。若依經文「唯有一門而復狹小」者，正語教行之門，取理不當，故言狹小也。 > The four gates of the perfect teaching are also like this: responding to four kinds of capacities, therefore called four; all being spoken by the Buddha, therefore called one. Because entry into the contemplation of reality differs, they are called four; because the four contemplations head toward reality, they are called one. Taking the gates to name the principle, they are called four; responding to the gates with principle, they are called one. In this teaching, saṃsāra is immediately nirvāṇa, so the teaching is not narrow and small; defilements are immediately bodhi, so the practice is not narrow and small. Yet because this teaching and contemplation find it difficult to match the principle, the principle is called narrow and small. If one relies on the sūtra text, 'There is only one gate, and it is narrow and small', it specifically speaks of the gates of teaching and practice failing to match the principle, and hence says 'narrow and small'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.9.51) - [Next: 9.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.9.53) - [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.9.52) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.9.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.9.52) · Pramāṇa