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# 法華玄論 6.12

法華玄論 6.12

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.12)

答：《大經》復云「為諸聲聞開發慧眼，說祕密藏。」如其已知則慧明已發，云何更開？又二乘已知則無復八倒，何所斥耶？

> Answer: The Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra also says, 'To open up the eye of wisdom for the śrāvakas, I explain the secret treasury.' If they already knew it, their wisdom-illumination would have already opened; why would he open it again? Furthermore, if the two vehicles already knew it, they would no longer have the eight inversions; what would there be to reprimand?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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