[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) › 5.46 # 法華玄論 5.46 法華玄論 5.46 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.46) 次明通別。一一周皆有三說，如法說中云「如優曇華」，即是譬說；「我昔二萬億佛所教化」，即是宿世因緣說也。譬喻中三說者，譬說之前云「我先不言皆是化菩薩耶」，即是法說也。又明三十子及長者為父，豈非宿世已結緣耶？宿世因緣說亦具三，〈化城〉之前是法說，〈化城〉後是譬說。故知一一說中皆是具三，但今大判云爾。又從多為論，故開三說也。 > Next, the general and specific are clarified. Each single cycle contains all three preachings. For example, in the doctrinal preaching, saying "like the udumbara flower" is the parabolic preaching; "in the past, under twenty billion buddhas, what I taught and transformed" is the preaching on causes and conditions in past lives. As for the three preachings within the parable: before the parabolic preaching, saying "Did I not say before that all are transformed bodhisattvas?" is the doctrinal preaching. Furthermore, explaining the thirty sons and the elder being the father—is this not having already formed affinities in past lives? The preaching on causes and conditions in past lives also possesses all three: before the "Conjured City" is doctrinal preaching, and after the "Conjured City" is parabolic preaching. Therefore we know that each individual preaching contains all three; it is merely that we make this broad classification. Furthermore, discussed according to what is predominant, three preachings are distinguished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.45) - [Next: 5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.47) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720~en-mt.5.46) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.46) · Pramāṇa