[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) › 3.20 # 妙法蓮華經文句 3.20 妙法蓮華經文句 3.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.3.20) 次引二萬佛，名號、說法皆同。初引一佛，備舉頓漸說法同；中舉二萬佛，但舉說頓同，故言初、中、後善也；後引一佛，但舉開漸同。所以然者，互舉耳，指前可知。而不引二萬之前佛者，正為名字、說法皆同，據義為便耳。「姓頗羅墮」者，此翻捷疾，亦云利根，亦云滿語也。 > Next, he cites twenty thousand buddhas whose names and preachings of the Dharma are all identical. Initially citing one buddha fully adduced identity in preaching the sudden and gradual; in the middle, adducing twenty thousand buddhas only adduced identity in preaching the sudden, hence it says "good in the beginning, middle, and end"; later, adducing one buddha only adduced identity in opening the gradual. The reason for this is mutual representation; referring to what came before, it can be understood. And the reason for not citing the buddhas before the twenty thousand is precisely because their names and preachings were all identical; it relies on the meaning for convenience. "Whose surname was Bharadvāja": this translates as "swift", and also as "sharp faculty", and also as "fulfilled speech". > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.3.19) - [Next: 3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.3.21) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.3.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.3.20) · Pramāṇa