[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) › 5.42 # 妙法蓮華經文句 5.42 妙法蓮華經文句 5.42 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5.42) 四眾天人亦具三品，上根同身子，中下可知。又解，身子、迦葉並是權行，中下未開故，迦葉、滿願示同不解，《淨名》云：「眾生未愈，菩薩亦未愈。」（云云） > The heavenly and human beings of the fourfold assembly also possess three grades of faculties: those of higher faculties are identical to Śāriputra, while those of middling and lower faculties may be inferred. Another explanation is that both Śāriputra and Kāśyapa are practicing expedients: because those of middling and lower faculties have not yet been opened, Kāśyapa and Pūrṇa manifest as not understanding, just as the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa says: "Until sentient beings are cured, the bodhisattva is likewise not cured." (And so on.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5.41) - [Next: 5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5.43) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.5.42) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5.42) · Pramāṇa