[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) › 1.37 # 法華玄論 1.37 法華玄論 1.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1.37) 答：《十二門論》云「摩訶衍者是十方三世諸佛甚深法藏，為大功德利根者說摩訶衍者名為大乘。」大乘凡有六義：一出二乘之上，故名為大；二諸佛大人之所乘故，故名為大；三觀世音彌勒等大士之所乘，故名為大；四諸佛最大，是乘能至，故名為大；五能滅眾生大苦與大利益，故名為大；六能盡諸法邊底，故名為大。大分深義所謂空也，若通達是空則通達大乘，具足六波羅蜜無所障礙。論明大乘是十方三世諸佛甚深法藏，空復是法藏中之甚深，故知空者是深中之窮深、大中之極大。是以《法華》盛開三軌以空為高座，廣明四行以空為安樂，豈非菩埵之明訓、道場之玄範耶？ > Answer: The Dvādaśanikāya-śāstra says, 'The Mahāyāna is the profound Dharma-treasury of the Buddhas of the ten directions and the three periods of time; expounded for those of great merit and sharp faculties, it is called the Great Vehicle.' The Great Vehicle has six meanings in total: First, it surpasses the two vehicles, hence it is called great. Second, it is what the great persons, the Buddhas, ride, hence it is called great. Third, it is what great beings such as Avalokiteśvara and Maitreya ride, hence it is called great. Fourth, the Buddhas are the greatest, and this vehicle can reach them, hence it is called great. Fifth, it can extinguish the great suffering of sentient beings and confer great benefit, hence it is called great. Sixth, it can exhaust the outermost limit and bottom of all dharmas, hence it is called great. The profound meaning of the great part is what is called emptiness; if one thoroughly penetrates this emptiness, one thoroughly penetrates the Great Vehicle and completes the six pāramitās without obstruction. The treatise clarifies that the Great Vehicle is the profound Dharma-treasury of the Buddhas of the ten directions and the three periods of time, and emptiness is further the most profound within the Dharma-treasury; hence we know that emptiness is the ultimate profundity within the profound, the supreme greatness within the great. Therefore, the Lotus Sūtra grandly opens the three tracks, taking emptiness as the high seat, and broadly explains the four practices, taking emptiness as peaceful and joyful practice. How could this not be the clear instruction of the bodhisattva and the profound model of the bodhimaṇḍa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1.36) - [Next: 1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1.38) - [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.1.37) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法華義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.2.16) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1.37) · Pramāṇa