[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) › 8.199 # 法華義疏 8.199 法華義疏 8.199 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8.199) 通而為論得互相類，既得稱為一城，亦得稱為一車，故聲聞緣覺同名小乘，約智優劣既分二車，亦得就人不同開二涅槃，故下文云「為止息故說二涅槃」。《涅槃經》云「世若無佛，非無二乘得二涅槃」。又言「舍利弗等以小涅槃而般涅槃，緣覺之人以中涅槃而般涅槃」。而今車二城一者，欲就根性利鈍故明智有優劣，所以開為二車，俱出三界同止息義，故合為一城。大宗而言：欲顯二乘異義故分為兩車，二乘復有同義故合為一城。 > Broadly speaking, they can be made analogous to each other: since it can be called one city, it can also be called one carriage, and so śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas are equally named Hīnayāna; in terms of the superiority and inferiority of wisdom, they are already divided into two carriages, but depending on the differences among persons, two nirvāṇas can also be differentiated, which is why the text below states: "For the sake of taking a rest, two nirvāṇas were spoken of." The Nirvāṇa Sūtra states: "If there were no Buddha in the world, it is not that there would be no two vehicles attaining two nirvāṇas." It also states: "Śāriputra and the others entered parinirvāṇa with the small nirvāṇa; pratyekabuddhas entered parinirvāṇa with the middling nirvāṇa." But now, carriages being two and the city being one is because, in accordance with the sharpness or dullness of faculties, it clarifies that wisdom has superiority and inferiority, which is why they are divided into two carriages; since they both escape the three realms and share the meaning of resting, they are combined into one city. Generally speaking: wanting to reveal the differences between the two vehicles, they are divided into two carriages; because the two vehicles also share commonality, they are combined into one city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8.198) - [Next: 8.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8.200) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721~en-mt.8.199) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [大般涅槃經集解](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.24.1) — Classical Chinese - [勝鬘寶窟](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1744.3.24) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8.199) · Pramāṇa