[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) › [妙法蓮華經玄贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723) › 2.240 # 妙法蓮華經玄贊 2.240 妙法蓮華經玄贊 2.240 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.240](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.2.240) 贊曰：下讚生利益希。有佛出世唯說一法或不說法，今說三乘故名希有。「應」音於興反，又於證反，應當應契，隨其機器說法契應，根、法相當故。眾生根性有下、中、上，總知四諦染淨因果，由最劣故名得聲聞；總知生死十二因緣因果，次勝名得緣覺；能行二利總、別俱知，脩行以六度，究竟作佛，名為菩薩，當成種智。辟支迦佛陀者，此云獨覺，略云辟支佛。 > The commentary says: Below, he praises the rarity of generating benefit. When some buddhas appear in the world, they preach only one Dharma or do not preach the Dharma; now he expounds the three vehicles, and thus it is called rare. "Ying" (應) has the fanqie pronunciation yu + xing, or yu + zheng; it means fitting or accordant: preaching the Dharma to accord and fit their capacities, because faculty and Dharma correspond to one another. The dispositions of sentient beings have inferior, intermediate, and superior grades. Those who generally understand the four truths as causes and effects of defilement and purity, being the most inferior, are named as obtaining \[the fruit of\] a śrāvaka; those who generally understand the causes and effects of the twelve links of conditioned arising in samsara, being next superior, are named as obtaining \[the fruit of\] a pratyekabuddha; those who can practice the two benefits, knowing both the general and the particular, cultivating the six perfections, and ultimately becoming buddhas, are named bodhisattvas, who will achieve omniscience. "Pratyekabuddha": here translated as solitary realizer, abbreviated as pratyekabuddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.2.239) - [Next: 2.241](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.2.241) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723~en-mt.2.240) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.2.240](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.2.240) · Pramāṇa