[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) › 2.64 # 法華玄論 2.64 法華玄論 2.64 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.64) 答：即前文為明據，義可知也。又《釋論》云「大乘空門者，謂一切法自性空、自相空。小乘空門者，即折法明空。」《攝大乘論》云「小乘人不知諸法性空，故不得法無我真如」也。又《淨名經》云「佛為增上慢人說斷三毒名為涅槃。若無增上慢，佛說三毒即是涅槃。」三毒即是涅槃者，三毒本不生今不滅，豈非即是涅槃耶？又《法華論》釋二乘與一乘有無義，明無有二乘涅槃，唯有如來大涅槃。故知此經辨涅槃與小乘異。若爾，身豈同昔耶？第二明小乘涅槃與大乘涅槃異者，〈譬喻品〉小乘人但離虛妄名為解脫，其實未得一切解脫，三界子果名為虛妄，二乘脫之名得解脫。一切解脫者，三界內外一切子果並皆離之，名一切解脫。故大小涅槃短長義異也。 > Answer: The preceding passage itself serves as clear evidence, and the meaning can be known from it. Furthermore, the \*Exegesis\* (\*Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa\*) states: "As for the Mahāyāna gate of emptiness, it means that all phenomena are empty in their intrinsic nature and empty in their intrinsic characteristics. As for the Hīnayāna gate of emptiness, it explains emptiness by analyzing phenomena." The \*Mahāyānasaṃgraha\* states: "Practitioners of the lesser vehicle do not know that phenomena are empty by nature, and therefore do not attain the suchness of the selflessness of phenomena." Furthermore, the \*Vimalakīrtinirdeśa\* states: "For persons of overweening pride, the Buddha preached that the severance of the three poisons is called nirvāṇa. If they are free of overweening pride, the Buddha preached that the three poisons are themselves nirvāṇa." That the three poisons are themselves nirvāṇa means that the three poisons are fundamentally unarisen and now unextinguished—how could this not be nirvāṇa? Furthermore, the \*Saddharmapuṇḍarīkopadeśa\*, in explaining the presence or absence of the two vehicles and the one vehicle, clarifies that there is no nirvāṇa of the two vehicles, but only the great nirvāṇa of the tathāgata. Thus we know that this sūtra differentiates nirvāṇa from that of the lesser vehicle. If so, how could the body be the same as in the past? As for the second \[difference\], explaining the difference between the lesser vehicle's nirvāṇa and the Mahāyāna's nirvāṇa: in the "Simile" chapter, practitioners of the lesser vehicle merely depart from falsehood and call it liberation, but in reality have not attained all liberation; the seed and fruit of the three realms are called falsehood, and when the two vehicles escape them, it is called attaining liberation. "All liberation" means that all seeds and fruits, both within and outside the three realms, are entirely transcended, which is called all liberation. Thus the greater and lesser nirvāṇas differ in the sense of being short or long. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.63) - [Next: 2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.65) - [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.2.64) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.64) · Pramāṇa