[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) › 20.10 # 法華玄義釋籤 20.10 法華玄義釋籤 20.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717.20.10) 三明不定，中二：初略點示，次引經解釋。釋中三：先引教，次釋經，三結釋經意。中又二：先明不定之由，由往聞法；次正明不定，即今世發習。且以提謂為首，提謂猶屬顯露未假祕密，故至鹿苑方分顯祕。次生熟蘇中但語「菩薩」者，亦是顯露。亦應言，若祕密教，二乘之人處處得入，但是文略耳。不語今經者，如第一卷中分別，今經無不定故。《涅槃》中言「鈍根二乘」等者，應於法華皆得悟入，若至涅槃乃是鈍中之鈍，此如五千復成不定。言「菩薩」者，即藏通菩薩，至涅槃中方得聞常破於無明，亦屬不定，是等皆名發不定故。言「七種方便皆入究竟」者，今釋不定，非但涅槃之中七種方便皆得入實名為不定，前諸教中亦復如是。若圓教中及別登地得入實者不名不定，故不定名必在方便。又登地登住超斷無明亦名不定，是故名為「醍醐殺人」。 > Third, clarifying the Indeterminate has two parts: first, a brief indication; next, citing sūtras to explain. Within the explanation there are three: first, citing the teaching; next, explaining the sūtra; third, concluding the explanation of the sūtra's meaning. Within the middle there are also two: first, clarifying the cause of the indeterminate, caused by having heard the Dharma in the past; next, clarifying the indeterminate proper, which is the manifestation of habit in the present life. Taking Trapuṣa as the beginning: Trapuṣa still belonged to the explicit and had not yet made use of the secret, so only upon reaching the Deer Park were the explicit and secret distinguished. Next, when only "bodhisattvas" are spoken of in the curd and clarified butter, this is also explicit. It should also be said that, if it is the secret teaching, persons of the two vehicles attain entry everywhere, but the text is merely brief. Not mentioning the present sūtra is as differentiated in the first fascicle: because the present sūtra has no indeterminate. As for "the dull-rooted of the two vehicles," etc., spoken of in the Nirvāṇa \[Sūtra\]: they should all have attained awakening and entry in the Lotus Sūtra; if they arrive at Nirvāṇa, they are the dullest among the dull, and this, like the five thousand, again constitutes the indeterminate. As for "bodhisattvas": these are the bodhisattvas of the Tripiṭaka and Shared \[teachings\]; only upon reaching Nirvāṇa do they get to hear permanence and shatter fundamental ignorance; this also belongs to the indeterminate, because all of these are named the indeterminate arising. As for "the seven kinds of skillful means all enter the ultimate": our present explanation of the indeterminate is that not only is it named indeterminate because the seven kinds of skillful means all attain entry into the real within Nirvāṇa, but this is also the case in the preceding teachings. If one attains entry into the real within the Perfect Teaching or upon ascending the bhūmis in the Separate \[Teaching\], this is not named indeterminate; therefore, the designation indeterminate must reside in skillful means. Furthermore, ascending the bhūmis and ascending the abodes to leap over and sever ignorance is also named indeterminate; therefore it is said that "ghee kills people." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717.20.9) - [Next: 20.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717.20.11) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717~en-mt.20.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717.20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717.20.10) · Pramāṇa