[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) › [法華遊意](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1722) › 1.35 # 法華遊意 1.35 法華遊意 1.35 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1722.1.35) 六者、欲說三種法輪故說此經。言三種者：一者、根本法輪，二者、枝末之教，三者、攝末歸本。根本法輪者，謂佛初成道，花嚴之會純為菩薩開一因一果法門，謂根本之教也。但薄福鈍根之流不堪於聞一因一果，故於一佛乘分別說三，謂枝末之教也。四十餘年說三乘之教陶練其心，至今《法花》始得會彼三乘歸於一道，即攝末歸本教也。 > Sixth, desiring to preach the three kinds of wheels of Dharma, he therefore preached this sūtra. Speaking of the three kinds: first, the fundamental wheel of Dharma; second, the branch-and-leaf teaching; third, gathering the branches to return to the root. As for the fundamental wheel of Dharma: when the Buddha first attained the Way, at the assembly of the \*Avataṃsaka\*, he opened the Dharma gate of the single cause and single fruit purely for the sake of the bodhisattvas; this is called the fundamental teaching. But those of meager merit and dull faculties were incapable of hearing the single cause and single fruit; therefore, within the one Buddha vehicle, he made distinctions and preached three; this is called the branch-and-leaf teaching. For over forty years he preached the teaching of the triyāna to train and refine their minds; arriving at the Lotus Sūtra now, he was finally able to unite those three vehicles and return them to the single Way: this is the teaching that gathers the branches to return to the root. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1722.1.34) - [Next: 1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1722.1.36) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1722.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1722~en-mt.1.35) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1722.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1722.1.35) · Pramāṇa