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法華玄論 8.34

法華玄論 8.34

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8.34

次明通方義者,聲聞既三轉,餘二亦然互例也。又通者,三乘人同觀十二因緣,故得通為三乘人轉十二因緣法輪。但就十二因緣教,可分二位:為二乘人說生滅十二因緣,故名為二轉;為菩薩說無生滅一中道正觀,名為一轉。故《中論》云「前於聲聞法中說生滅十二因緣,次為菩薩說無生滅十二因緣。」生滅十二者,即是相生及還滅也。為菩薩說無生滅十二者,十二本不生,今亦不滅也。

Next, explaining the common meaning: since the śrāvakas undergo three turnings, the other two [vehicles] likewise serve as mutual parallels. Furthermore, as for what is common, practitioners of the three vehicles together contemplate the twelve causes and conditions; thus, one may commonly turn the dharma wheel of the twelve causes and conditions for practitioners of the three vehicles. However, with respect to the teaching of the twelve causes and conditions, two levels may be distinguished: for practitioners of the two vehicles, expounding the arising and ceasing of the twelve causes and conditions is termed the two turnings; for bodhisattvas, expounding the single correct contemplation of the middle way, free from arising and ceasing, is termed the single turning. Hence the Madhyamakaśāstra states: "Previously, within the śrāvaka Dharma, the arising and ceasing of the twelve causes and conditions was expounded; next, for bodhisattvas, the twelve causes and conditions free from arising and ceasing were expounded." The twelve of arising and ceasing are their sequential arising and return to extinction. Expounding for bodhisattvas the twelve free from arising and ceasing means that the twelve originally do not arise and now likewise do not cease.

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