[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) › [法華玄論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720) › 1.27 # 法華玄論 1.27 法華玄論 1.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1.27) 答：《釋論》云「佛滅度後有五百部，聞大乘法說畢竟空，如刀傷心。」故知皆小乘學。又《龍樹傳》云「讀小乘已，周尋大乘不得，遇沙門於巖下，方乃聞之。」又論主呵言：「是迦旃延諸弟子輩，不讀不誦摩訶衍經，聞大乘法心不信受。」又如曇無讖三往外國尋《涅槃經》，猶不得盡。又朱仕行欲將《大品》至漢地，諸小乘學人皆不許之，然後求燒經為誓始得來耳。又如叡法師《喻疑論》云「天竺三十六國皆小乘學，不信方等。」故知學小者多，信大者寡。 > Answer: The Commentary \[Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa\] says, 'After the Buddha's extinction there were five hundred sects; hearing the Mahāyāna Dharma expound ultimate emptiness, it was like a knife wounding their hearts.' Hence we know they were all students of the Small Vehicle. Furthermore, the Biography of Nāgārjuna says, 'Having read the Small Vehicle, he searched everywhere for the Mahāyāna without finding it; only upon meeting a śramaṇa beneath a cliff did he finally hear of it.' Furthermore, the master of the treatise rebuked them, saying: 'These disciples of Kātyāyana neither read nor recite Mahāyāna sūtras; hearing the Mahāyāna Dharma, their minds do not believe or accept it.' Moreover, Dharmakṣema went abroad three times in search of the Nirvāṇa Sūtra, yet still could not obtain it completely. Also, when Zhu Shixing wished to bring the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā \[Prajñāpāramitā-sūtra\] to the land of Han, the scholars of the Small Vehicle would not permit it; only after he vowed to burn the sūtra as a pledge could it finally be brought. Furthermore, Dharma Master Sengrui's Yuyi lun says, 'The thirty-six countries of India all study the Small Vehicle and do not believe in the Vaipulya.' Hence we know that those who study the small are many, and those who have faith in the great are few. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1.26) - [Next: 1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1.28) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720~en-mt.1.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1.27) · Pramāṇa