[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) › [妙法蓮華經文句](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718) › 1.26 # 妙法蓮華經文句 1.26 妙法蓮華經文句 1.26 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1.26) 四、示相者，且約三段示因緣相。眾生久遠蒙佛善巧，令種佛道因緣，中間相值，更以異方便助顯第一義而成熟之。今日雨花動地，以如來滅度而滅度之。 > "Fourth, demonstrating the marks: we shall provisionally demonstrate the marks of causality with reference to the three sections. Long ago, sentient beings were graced by the Buddha's skill-in-means, which caused them to plant the causes and conditions of the Buddha path. Meeting again in the interim, he further employed different expedients to help reveal the primary truth and bring them to maturity. Today, raining flowers and shaking the earth, he brings them to parinirvāṇa through the Tathāgata's parinirvāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1.25) - [Next: 1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1.27) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.1.26) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1.26) · Pramāṇa