[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) › 2.24 # 法華玄論 2.24 法華玄論 2.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.24) 第六舉二地對兩生死。前會三歸一則免於二地，人天乘入一乘故離凡夫地，聲聞緣覺入一乘故離二乘地。離凡聖二地故發菩提心，漸漸修行入十信、十住、十行、十迴向、十地乃至等覺，此則因義圓滿也。果若猶是無常則未免二死，若未免二死則未度五百由旬；若已度五百則已免無常。又若果未免二死則果未圓，若果未圓則十地因亦不滿，辨因之義亦不成也。今所明者，初段令一切眾生離凡夫二乘之地發菩提心，乃至修行菩薩行至乎等覺。後章明果永除五住，具傾二死，故果義圓。以因滿果圓，斯經究竟。 > The sixth is adducing the two stages to correspond to the two saṃsāras. Previously, converging the three into the one allowed escape from the two stages: because the human and heavenly vehicles enter the one vehicle, they leave the stage of ordinary beings; because the śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas enter the one vehicle, they leave the stage of the two vehicles. Having left both the ordinary and noble stages, they arouse the bodhicitta and gradually cultivate, entering the ten faiths, the ten abodes, the ten practices, the ten dedications, the ten stages, and up to equal enlightenment; in this way, the meaning of the cause is complete. If the fruition were still impermanent, then one would not yet have escaped the two deaths; if one has not escaped the two deaths, one has not yet crossed the five hundred yojanas; if one has crossed the five hundred, one has already escaped impermanence. Furthermore, if the fruition has not yet escaped the two deaths, the fruition is not yet complete; if the fruition is not yet complete, the cause of the ten stages is also not fulfilled, and the rationale of explaining the cause would not hold either. What is clarified now is that the first section causes all sentient beings to leave the stages of ordinary beings and the two vehicles, to arouse the bodhicitta, and to cultivate bodhisattva practices up to equal enlightenment. The latter chapter clarifies that the fruition eternally eradicates the five entrenchments and completely overturns the two deaths, so the meaning of the fruition is complete. Because the cause is fulfilled and the fruition is complete, this sūtra is ultimate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.23) - [Next: 2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.25) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720~en-mt.2.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.24) · Pramāṇa