[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) › [法華文句記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719) › 2.60 # 法華文句記 2.60 法華文句記 2.60 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.2.60) 如「釋論」下至「醍醐」也，寄五味名以辨四教菩薩。《論》又云：「凡稱善法皆名為薩，善法體相名之為埵」，故知菩薩自利利他皆是善法及善體相，即是四種阿耨菩提之道，一切賢聖之所稱歎，是為四種菩提之薩埵也。又《論》云：「通論三種皆稱菩提，所謂三乘，前二乘人雖稱菩提，非佛功德，故不名薩埵，凡為雜血調成三祇百劫淨乳」。引《大品》三文證四味者，且以三教義攝四味，況今五味皆判菩薩，故以酪對通，二酥對別，醍醐對圓，以諸菩薩歷此四味入不定故義當三觀：即三藏菩薩轉入通時，義當於酪，據時並在方等已前；轉入別時在二味者，以二味中皆有菩薩不思議事。引《淨名》者，已入實者於二味中心稱脫理，八千受屈，示同鈍根及二乘人彈斥洮汰，方並入別。準《玄》文意，即離二味以對通別，進退盈縮並有二意。故入實者，皆自立身如彼座像，座高四萬二千由旬，身亦稱之。借本迹中意以助約教。「菩薩疑除」等者，並證四菩薩中權者須開，故至今經方除三菩薩疑，方是善行菩薩之道。「又涅槃等」者，然二經同味咸息希望，是故引同。言「略有」者，今昔合指。 > As from "the explanatory treatise" below up to "ghee": it lodges in the names of the five flavors to distinguish the bodhisattvas of the four teachings. The \*Śāstra\* also says: "Whatever is called wholesome dharma is all named \*sat\*; the substance and characteristics of wholesome dharmas are named \*tva\*." Therefore know that the bodhisattva's self-benefit and benefiting others are both wholesome dharmas and the substance and characteristics of the wholesome, which are the four kinds of paths of anuttarabodhi, praised by all worthies and sages; these are the \*sattvas\* of the four kinds of bodhi. Furthermore, the \*Śāstra\* says: "In general discussion, all three kinds are called bodhi, namely the three vehicles. Although the people of the prior two vehicles are called bodhi, it is not the merit of a buddha, hence they are not named sattva; they are merely mixed blood conditioned into the pure milk of the three asaṃkhyeyas and one hundred kalpas." Citing the three passages from the \*Pañcaviṃśati\* to verify the four flavors: for now it uses the principles of the three teachings to subsume the four flavors; how much more so since all five flavors here are judged as bodhisattvas! Thus it correlates curds with the shared, the two kinds of butter with the distinct, and ghee with the perfect. Because the various bodhisattvas pass through these four flavors and enter the indeterminate, they correspond in principle to the three contemplations: that is, when the Tripiṭaka bodhisattva transforms and enters the shared, it corresponds in principle to curds, and in terms of time this is entirely prior to the Vaipulya; when transforming and entering the distinct, it is in the two flavors, because in the two flavors there are both inconceivable matters of the bodhisattva. Citing \*Vimalakīrti\*: those who have already entered the real, in the two flavors, their minds match the principle of liberation; the eight thousand who felt inadequate manifested as being identical to those of dull faculties and the two vehicles, undergoing rebuke, washing, and purifying, and only then all entered the distinct. According to the intent of the \*Mystic Principle\*, one separates the two flavors to correlate with the shared and the distinct; advancing, retreating, expanding, and contracting both have two meanings. Therefore those who enter the real all erect their own bodies like the image on that throne—the throne being eighty-four thousand yojanas high, the body matches it. It borrows the intent in origin and traces to assist the correlation with the teachings. As for "the bodhisattvas' doubts are removed," and so forth: all verify that among the four bodhisattvas, the provisional ones must be opened; hence only when reaching the present sūtra are the doubts of the three bodhisattvas removed, only then being the path of practicing bodhisattvas with good conduct. As for "further, the Nirvāṇa," and so forth: since the two sūtras share the same flavor and all cease expectations, it therefore cites them as identical. As for the statement "briefly there are": this refers jointly to present and past. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.2.59) - [Next: 2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.2.61) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719~en-mt.2.60) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.2.60) · Pramāṇa