[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) › [法華玄義釋籤](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717) › 19.24 # 法華玄義釋籤 19.24 法華玄義釋籤 19.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [19.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717.19.24) 四難無褒貶，中四：初引斥智，次「又十三」下引斥教，三「又云」下以引失教旨難，四「豈有」下結。次文言「不從大家求食」等者，經云「汝是上人應求上法，不應自鄙唯居下位，不應如彼攀附枝葉，狗狎作務」等。三引失教旨中言「見象」等者，立小乘教本期於大，住小亡大斯為不黠。四結如文。 > Fourth, within refuting that there is no praise or censure, there are four \[parts\]: first, citing the reprimand of wisdom; second, from "Furthermore, the thirteenth..." downward, citing the reprimand of the teaching; third, from "Furthermore, it says..." downward, refuting by citing the loss of the teaching's aim; fourth, from "How could there be..." downward, he concludes. In the second text, saying "not seeking food from a great master," etc.: the sūtra states, "You are superior persons and should seek the superior Dharma; you should not despise yourselves and abide only in an inferior position, nor should you be like that, clinging to branches and leaves, or familiarly engaging in tasks like a dog," and so forth. In the third, citing the loss of the teaching's aim, saying "seeing an elephant," etc.: the establishment of the Hīnayāna teaching originally had its sights set on the Mahāyāna; abiding in the small and forgetting the great is truly unwise. The fourth, concluding, is as in the text. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 19.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717.19.23) - [Next: 19.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717.19.25) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717.19) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717~en-mt.19.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717.19.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717.19.24) · Pramāṇa