[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) › 4.124 # 法華文句記 4.124 法華文句記 4.124 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.4.124) 答：鑑物機情理須預照，及至為說何擇下中？故法說時已益中下，乃令中下再三便悟。「云云」者，豈有法說中下不聞？豈有初請專為極利？廣責舊見不曉大猷。 > Answer: In discerning the capacities and dispositions of beings, in principle there must be anticipation; but when it comes to preaching for them, how could one discriminate between lower and intermediate? Therefore, at the time of the preaching according to the Dharma, the intermediate and lower had already been benefited, thereby causing the intermediate and lower to awaken after a second or third time. The expression "and so forth" means: how could the intermediate and lower not have heard the preaching according to the Dharma? How could the initial request have been exclusively for those of the sharpest faculties? He broadly censures the old views for failing to comprehend the great principle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.4.123) - [Next: 4.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.4.125) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719~en-mt.4.124) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.4.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.4.124) · Pramāṇa