[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) › 4.36 # 法華義疏 4.36 法華義疏 4.36 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.4.36) 若昔大乘明菩薩授記作佛，既是真實教者，聲聞藉《波若》等經調柔其心，然後始得悟入《法華》，則知《波若》為《法華》方便，豈是真實教？ > If the past Mahāyāna's clarification of conferring prophecies on bodhisattvas to become Buddhas was indeed the real teaching, and yet śrāvakas relied on sūtras such as the Prajñā\[pāramitā\] to soften and tame their minds, and only afterward were able to awaken and enter into the Lotus \[Sūtra\], then one knows that the Prajñā\[pāramitā\] is an upāya for the Lotus \[Sūtra\]; how could it be the real teaching? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.4.35) - [Next: 4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.4.37) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721~en-mt.4.36) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.4.36) · Pramāṇa