[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) › 2.74 # 法華玄論 2.74 法華玄論 2.74 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.74) 評曰：此是大事，宜請詳定。前引〈方便品〉及〈譬喻品〉，佛口自說大小二涅槃為異，何故違反佛語而言不異？如此即是無信人也。又難曰：若大小二乘同一涅槃，則因異而果同，是事不然。又大小乘本期在果，在果既同，何須因異？今所明者，二因異故二果亦異；無復異因終歸一因，無復異果終歸一果。 > Evaluation: This is a matter of great importance, and should be carefully settled. Having cited above the "Expedient Means" and "Simile" chapters where the Buddha himself verbally declared that the two nirvāṇas, greater and lesser, are different, why contravene the Buddha's words by saying they are not different? Doing so marks one as a person without faith. Furthermore, to object: if the two vehicles, greater and lesser, share the same nirvāṇa, then their causes would differ while their fruits would be identical—which is impossible. Moreover, the original expectation of both the Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna lies in the fruit; since they would be identical in the fruit, why would the causes need to differ? What we now clarify is: because the two causes differ, the two fruits also differ; there are no longer different causes, for all ultimately return to the one cause, and there are no longer different fruits, for all ultimately return to the one fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.73) - [Next: 2.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.75) - [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.2.74) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.2.74) · Pramāṇa