[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) › 6.13 # 妙法蓮華經文句 6.13 妙法蓮華經文句 6.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.6.13) 「告舍利弗我亦如是」下，第二，三十四行半，即是頌合譬也。初四行頌合總譬，但作四意兼得六譬。「我亦如是」一行，頌合長者，上半頌合位號，下半頌合名行兼歎德義。七種方便賢聖中尊、九種世間之父。「一切眾生皆是吾子」一偈，頌合五道，義兼三十子。三十子是緣因子，一切眾生即是正因子也。「三界無安」半偈，頌合家宅，兼得一門義。「眾苦充滿」一偈半，頌合火起。合總譬竟也。 > From "The Buddha told Śāriputra: I am also like this" onwards, the second \[major division\], thirty-four and a half lines, directly versifies the synthesis of the parable. First, four lines versify the synthesis of the general parable, which merely formulates four meanings while simultaneously encompassing the six parables. The one line "I am also like this" versifies the synthesis of the elder: the upper half-line versifies the synthesis of the rank and title; the lower half-line versifies the synthesis of the name and practice, while simultaneously encompassing the praise of virtue. He is the most venerable among the worthy and noble ones of the seven expedient means, the father of the nine kinds of worlds. The one gāthā "All sentient beings are my children" versifies the synthesis of the five destinies, its meaning simultaneously encompassing the thirty children. The thirty children are the children of conditioned causes, while all sentient beings are the children of the direct cause. The half-gāthā "There is no safety in the triple world" versifies the synthesis of the house, simultaneously encompassing the meaning of the single gate. The one and a half gāthās "fraught with many sufferings" versifies the synthesis of the outbreak of fire. The synthesis of the general parable is finished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.6.12) - [Next: 6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.6.14) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.6.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.6.13) · Pramāṇa