[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) › [法華義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721) › 3.72 # 法華義疏 3.72 法華義疏 3.72 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.3.72) 八者、總論眾生迷倒凡有二種：一者、迷因；二者、迷果。初分之經破於迷因，後分之經斥於迷果。所言迷因者，昔於一佛乘分別說三，則指大因為小果，封教之徒遂執小果以為究竟，不知小果則是大因，故是迷因。今明汝等所行是菩薩道，還指小果為彼大因，破其自保究竟之執，故是破迷因也。後分之經斥迷果者，如來之身實無生滅，凡夫二乘謂是生滅無常，故破彼迷情辨法身常住，所以斥迷果也。 > Eighth, discussing sentient beings' delusions and inversions in general, there are two kinds: first, delusion regarding the cause; second, delusion regarding the effect. The initial portion of the sūtra refutes delusion regarding the cause; the latter portion of the sūtra reproaches delusion regarding the effect. What is called 'delusion regarding the cause' means that in the past, within the one Buddha vehicle, he made distinctions and spoke of three, pointing to the great cause as a small effect. Those who clung to the teachings thereupon grasped the small effect as ultimate, not knowing that the small effect is precisely the great cause; hence it is delusion regarding the cause. Now it is clarified that 'what you are practicing is the bodhisattva path', pointing back to the small effect as that great cause and refuting their grasping that clings to self-preservation and the ultimate; hence it is refuting delusion regarding the cause. That the latter portion of the sūtra reproaches delusion regarding the effect means that the Tathāgata's body in truth has no arising or ceasing, but ordinary beings and the two vehicles took it to be impermanence with arising and ceasing. Therefore, refuting those deluded sentiments and distinguishing that the dharmakāya is eternal is why it reproaches delusion regarding the effect. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.3.71) - [Next: 3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.3.73) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721~en-mt.3.72) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.3.72) · Pramāṇa