[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) › 4.38 # 妙法蓮華經玄贊 4.38 妙法蓮華經玄贊 4.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.4.38) 贊曰：此結所為。所為眾生究竟之時，但為菩薩當作佛故，往因發心所修諸行，皆向大故皆名菩薩。所為法者皆為一乘，以佛知見示彼眾生故、悟眾生故、欲令眾生入佛知見道故。經文無開，以總義故。示義如前論更不解，復解悟者，令外道眾生生覺悟故迴邪入正，復解入者，令得聲聞果者入大菩提故迴小向大。本論一番開解無上義，二番解示同義，有疑修行。三番解悟不知義，未發心令發令外道生覺悟。四番解入，入不退位，已發心令入法，令得聲聞者入大菩提。且隨文別，第一番配在正解大事之中，第二番配在結大事文中，第三配在依法之中。論文並於大事中解，理亦無失。 > The Eulogy says: This concludes the purpose. When the sentient beings who are the purpose \[of the Buddhas\] reach completion, it is solely for the sake of bodhisattvas becoming buddhas; therefore, all the practices cultivated upon their initial aspiration in past causes are directed toward the Great \[Vehicle\], and thus all are named bodhisattvas. The Dharma that is the purpose is in every case the Single Vehicle: because \[the Buddha\] shows that to sentient beings with the buddha's knowledge and vision, because he awakens sentient beings, and because he wishes to lead sentient beings into the path of the buddha's knowledge and vision. The sūtra text does not mention 'opening' because of its overarching meaning. The meaning of 'showing' was explained as before and the Treatise does not explain it further. It further explains 'awakening' as causing sentient beings who are outsiders to give rise to realization, thereby turning away from what is deviant and entering the correct. It further explains 'entering' as causing those who have attained the fruition of a śrāvaka to enter Great Bodhi, thereby turning away from the small and turning toward the great. In the primary treatise \[the Upadeśa\], the first explanation opens and clarifies the unexcelled meaning. The second explains 'showing' as the meaning of identity, where there is doubt in cultivation. The third explains 'awakening' as the meaning of not knowing, causing those who have not yet aspired to aspire, and causing outsiders to generate realization. The fourth explains 'entering' as entering the stage of non-retrogression, causing those who have already aspired to enter the Dharma, and causing those who have attained the \[status of\] śrāvaka to enter Great Bodhi. Taking them provisionally according to the distinctions of the text: the first is correlated with the direct explanation of the great matter; the second is correlated with the text concluding the great matter; the third is correlated with \[the section\] 'relying on the Dharma'. The treatise's text explains them all within the great matter, and in principle there is no defect either. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.4.37) - [Next: 4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.4.39) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723~en-mt.4.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.4.38) · Pramāṇa