[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) › 5.63 # 法華玄論 5.63 法華玄論 5.63 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.63) 答：一往判菩薩為上根、緣覺為中根、聲聞為下根。若爾，菩薩及緣覺皆勝聲聞，故聞初周並悟也。次更論者，利根緣覺勝聲聞，可得名上根。《釋論》云「鈍根緣覺不及身子」。若爾，可得同下根三周說乃悟耳。菩薩不定，初心、久行並是菩薩。今通論菩薩根有等聲聞三品者，應三周並悟；利根菩薩與身子同品者，聞初周即悟；中下二品亦爾也。但菩薩執異迷輕，又無自保究竟之惑，故利鈍菩薩聞初周皆悟。何以知之？下身子得記中，人天八部知皆受記。故凡夫人雖復根鈍而惑輕，身子雖復根利而惑重，故同是初周得悟也。 > Answer: Provisionally distinguishing them: bodhisattvas are of superior capacity, pratyekabuddhas are of middling capacity, and śrāvakas are of inferior capacity. If so, both bodhisattvas and pratyekabuddhas surpass śrāvakas, so hearing the first round they both awaken. Discussing further: sharp-capacity pratyekabuddhas surpass śrāvakas and can be called of superior capacity. The \*Explanatory Treatise\* says: 'Dull-capacity pratyekabuddhas do not equal Śāriputra.' If so, they can be equated with the inferior capacity, awakening only at the three rounds of teaching. Bodhisattvas are not fixed: those of initial resolve and those of long practice are all bodhisattvas. Now, discussing generally: if bodhisattvas have capacities equal to the three grades of śrāvakas, they should awaken throughout the three rounds; sharp-capacity bodhisattvas who are of the same grade as Śāriputra awaken immediately upon hearing the first round; the middling and inferior two grades are also like this. However, bodhisattvas' grasping at difference and delusion are light, and moreover they lack the delusion of clinging to their own \[attainment\] as ultimate; therefore, sharp and dull bodhisattvas all awaken upon hearing the first round. How is this known? Below, in Śāriputra receiving prophecy, humans, devas, and the eight classes know that all receive prophecy. Therefore, although ordinary persons are of dull capacity, their delusion is light, and although Śāriputra is of sharp capacity, his delusion is heavy; thus both attain awakening in the first round. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.62) - [Next: 5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.64) - [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.5.63) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.5.63) · Pramāṇa