[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) › 4.132 # 妙法蓮華經文句 4.132 妙法蓮華經文句 4.132 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.4.132) 三世佛皆有開權，但未來未起、現在始行，於證義弱。過去開權已久，受化之人皆成四一，並於十方施權顯實，證義事強。搆之虛言不如驗之以實，故於過去佛廣說五乘也。 > The Buddhas of the three periods of time all open the expedient, but the future has not yet arisen and the present is just beginning to practice, so their power to prove the meaning is weak. The past has opened the expedient for a long time, and the people converted all achieve the four unities, together applying expedients and revealing the real throughout the ten directions; its power to prove the meaning through facts is strong. Constructing empty words is not as good as verifying with reality; therefore, with respect to the past Buddhas, \[the text\] speaks broadly of the five vehicles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.4.131) - [Next: 4.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.4.133) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.4.132) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.4.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.4.132) · Pramāṇa