[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) › 5.58 # 法華玄論 5.58 法華玄論 5.58 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.58) 答：有人言初周法說上根聞即悟，中根轉為上根，下根進為中根；第二周說，中根同上根得悟，下根轉為上根；第三周說下根同上根得悟也。有人言：約三乘判上中下根，菩薩為上根、緣覺為中根、聲聞為下根。就聲聞中自有上中下根，約此三根故有三周之說。雖復得悟，猶有利鈍之殊。如刀斫物，一斫斷者為上、二斫斷者為中、三斫斷者為下，雖復俱斷而有利鈍之別。雖前後得悟，亦有利鈍之殊也。評曰：後說者得經旨。何以知然？上根人得悟時中下未悟，云何已轉根耶？ > Answer: Some say that in the first round of doctrinal teaching, those of superior capacity hear and immediately awaken, those of middling capacity shift to become superior capacity, and those of inferior capacity advance to become middling capacity; in the second round of teaching, those of middling capacity awaken along with those of superior capacity, and those of inferior capacity shift to become superior capacity; in the third round of teaching, those of inferior capacity awaken along with those of superior capacity. Some say: distinguishing the superior, middling, and inferior capacities in terms of the three vehicles, bodhisattvas are of superior capacity, pratyekabuddhas are of middling capacity, and śrāvakas are of inferior capacity. Within śrāvakas there are inherently superior, middling, and inferior capacities, and it is in terms of these three capacities that there is the teaching of three rounds. Although they attain awakening, there are still distinctions of sharp and dull. Just as a knife chopping an object: that which cuts through in one chop is superior, that which cuts through in two chops is middling, and that which cuts through in three chops is inferior; although both cut through, there is a distinction of sharp and dull. Although they attain awakening earlier or later, there is also a distinction of sharp and dull. Evaluation: The latter view grasps the purport of the sūtra. How is this known? When persons of superior capacity attain awakening, middling and inferior have not yet awakened; how could they have already shifted their capacities? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.57) - [Next: 5.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.59) - [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.5.58) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.58) · Pramāṇa