[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) › 9.185 # 法華玄論 9.185 法華玄論 9.185 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.9.185) 答：初成道時開一為三，至法華之前求子猶未得，從法華始會三歸一，覓子始得，故一化之終盡在法華。故有無量世界塵數人皆得悟道，所以至此時結束為一根也。於法華中復未得了悟，如來更復唱滅，至涅槃方得領解，故名為下根人義也。 > Answer: When he first attained the path he opened the one into three; up until before the Lotus Sūtra, in seeking his sons he had not yet found them. Starting from the Lotus Sūtra he first converged the three into the one, and in searching for his sons he first found them; therefore, the end of a single period of transformation culminates entirely in the Lotus Sūtra. Hence there were people as numerous as the dust motes of immeasurable worlds who all attained awakening to the path; therefore at this time they are brought together as one capacity. For those who again had not attained awakening in the Lotus Sūtra, the Tathāgata furthermore proclaimed extinction, and only upon reaching the Nirvāṇa \[Sūtra\] did they attain comprehension; therefore this is the meaning of an inferior-capacity person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.9.184) - [Next: 9.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.9.186) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720~en-mt.9.185) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.9.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.9.185) · Pramāṇa