[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) › 9.66 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 9.66 妙法蓮華經玄義 9.66 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.9.66) 若法華後教，不俟更開，法華前教，或門、理已入妙者，更何所開？或門、理雖妙，而人未妙。門、理妙者，亦不須開；若門、若理、若人未妙者，今當開。謂開一切愛見、煩惱即是菩提，故云：「觀一切法空如實相。」開一切生死即是涅槃，故云：「世間相常住。」開一切凡人即是妙人，故云：「一切眾生皆是吾子。」開一切愛見言教即是佛法，故云：「若說俗間經書，治生產業，皆與實相不相違背。」開一切眾生即是妙理，故云：「為令眾生開佛知見，示、悟、入等，亦復如是。」開一切小乘法即是妙法，故云：「決了聲聞法，是諸經之王。」開一切聲聞教，故云：「佛昔於菩薩前毀訾聲聞，然佛實以大乘而見教化。」開一切聲聞行即是妙行，故云：「汝等所行是菩薩道。」開一切聲聞理即是妙理，故云：「開方便門，示真實相。」開諸菩薩未被妙者，今皆得圓，故云：「菩薩聞是法，疑網悉已除。」 > Regarding the teachings after the Lotus Sūtra, there is no need to open them further; as for the teachings prior to the Lotus Sūtra, if their gates and principle had already entered the subtle, what further need is there to open them? Or the gate and principle may be subtle, yet the person is not yet subtle. Where the gate and principle are subtle, there is also no need to open them; but if the gate, the principle, or the person is not yet subtle, they must now be opened. This means opening all craving, views, and afflictions to be identical to bodhi; hence it says: 'Contemplating all dharmas as empty, like the real mark.' It opens all birth-and-death to be identical to nirvāṇa; hence it says: 'The worldly characteristics are permanently abiding.' It opens all ordinary people to be subtle persons; hence it says: 'All sentient beings are my children.' It opens all teachings of craving and views to be identical to the Buddhadharma; hence it says: 'If they explain secular classics, or the management of livelihood and production, none are contrary to the real mark.' It opens all sentient beings to be identical to the subtle principle; hence it says: 'In order to cause sentient beings to open the Buddha's knowledge and vision; displaying, awakening to, and entering are also like this.' It opens all Hīnayāna dharmas to be identical to subtle dharmas; hence it says: 'Fully understanding the śrāvaka dharmas, this is the king of sūtras.' It opens all śrāvaka teachings; hence it says: 'Formerly, in front of the bodhisattvas, the Buddha disparaged the śrāvakas, yet the Buddha truly transformed them with the Mahāyāna.' It opens all śrāvaka practices to be subtle practices; hence it says: 'What you are practicing is the bodhisattva path.' It opens all śrāvaka principles to be the subtle principle; hence it says: 'Opening the expedient gates and showing the true mark.' It opens all bodhisattvas who had not yet been touched by the subtle, so that now all attain perfection; hence it says: 'When the bodhisattvas hear this Dharma, their net of doubts is completely removed.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.9.65) - [Next: 9.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.9.67) - [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.9.66) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.9.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.9.66) · Pramāṇa