[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) › 7.57 # 法華玄論 7.57 法華玄論 7.57 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.7.57) 答：論既云「初地得無上」，此經云「又諸佛子決定無疑」，無疑即是斷道，以地前煩惱未斷不得稱為無疑。又初果人擬菩薩初地，初果既斷疑，今初地亦爾。又《地論》云「初地名決定位」。此四處文皆相扶也。次論三草二木位次第義。人天為世間，故譬之小草。二乘為出世，故譬之中草，此從世至出世也。十信已上迴向已還，此四十心即是大乘，名為大草，此從小入大也。登地已上六地已還，名為小樹，此從凡夫至聖也。七地已上十地已還，名為大樹，此即從淺至深。斯則總攝凡聖、收羅大小，故有三草二木之譬也。 > Answer: Since the Treatise says 'The first bhūmi attains the supreme,' and this sūtra says 'Moreover, all sons of the Buddha are decisive and free of doubt'—free of doubt is precisely the path of severance, for before the bhūmis defilements are not yet severed and one cannot be called free of doubt. Furthermore, a person of the first fruit corresponds to the bodhisattva's first bhūmi; since the first fruit severs doubt, so now does the first bhūmi. In addition, the Daśabhūmika-śāstra says: 'The first bhūmi is called the decisive stage.' These four passages all support one another. Next, the meaning of the sequence of the stages of the three grasses and two trees is discussed. Humans and devas are mundane, and so are compared to the small grass. The two vehicles are supramundane, and so are compared to the medium grass; this is proceeding from the mundane to the supramundane. From the ten faiths upward to the dedications downward, these forty minds are the Great Vehicle, called the great grass; this is entering the great from the small. Ascending the bhūmis upward to the sixth bhūmi downward is called the small tree; this is proceeding from the ordinary person to the noble. The seventh bhūmi upward to the tenth bhūmi downward is called the great tree; this is proceeding from the shallow to the profound. Thus it completely subsumes the ordinary and the noble, and encompasses the great and the small; hence there is the parable of the three grasses and two trees. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.7.56) - [Next: 7.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.7.58) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720~en-mt.7.57) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.7.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.7.57) · Pramāṇa