[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) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt) › 4.10 # 妙法蓮華經文句 4.10 English (machine translation) 4.10 - **Language:** English ### [4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.4.10) Furthermore, in terms of the three layers of the first grade of ignorance that obscure the middle way of the first abode: at the initial preaching by Dharma, for people of superior capacity the three layers of ignorance are extinguished all at once; opening the buddha knowledge and vision, they enter the bodhisattva stages and receive the prophecy of bodhi. Those of middling capacity sever two layers of ignorance; those of inferior capacity sever one layer. Next, at the time of the preaching by parables, those of middling capacity completely sever the third layer, open the buddha knowledge and vision, enter the bodhisattva stages, and receive the prophecy; those of inferior capacity advance to sever two layers. Next, upon hearing the preaching by causal conditions, those of inferior capacity completely sever the three layers, open the buddha knowledge and vision, and enter the bodhisattva stages. This is like Hīnayāna practice: before the sixteen mental states are fulfilled, one cannot be called \[an attainer of\] the first fruit; when the sixteen mental states are fulfilled, one is called a srotāpanna. - [Previous: 4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.4.9) - [Next: 4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.4.11) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [妙法蓮華經文句](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.4.10) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.4.10) · Pramāṇa