[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) › [觀音玄義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1726) › 2.11 # 觀音玄義 2.11 觀音玄義 2.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1726.2.11) 二示門相者，三藏四門，所謂：阿毘曇是有門、成實是空門、昆勒亦空亦有門、車匿非空非有門，一一廣明行法判賢聖位，由門通理。通教四門者，謂如幻之有、如幻之空、亦空亦有、非空非有，一一作行相判賢聖位，由門通理。別教四門，觀佛性如闇室瓶盆即有門；觀佛性如空迦毘羅城空即無門；觀佛性如石中金，福人得寶、罪人見石，是亦有亦無門；觀佛性離二邊，即中道，非有非無門。一一作行相判位，由門通理。圓教四門名不異別，但一門即三門、三門即一門，不一、不四，無歷別之殊，圓融不四之四，一一判不思議行位之相，由門通理，此義皆在《大本》。 > Second, showing the characteristics of the gates: The four gates of the Tripiṭaka are: the Abhidharma is the gate of existence; the Tattvasiddhi is the gate of emptiness; the Piṭaka is the gate of both emptiness and existence; and the Channa is the gate of neither emptiness nor existence. Each extensively clarifies the practice and methods, determining the ranks of sages and saints; through the gate, one penetrates to the principle. The four gates of the shared teaching are: illusory existence, illusory emptiness, both emptiness and existence, and neither emptiness nor existence. Each constitutes practical characteristics, determining the ranks of sages and saints; through the gate, one penetrates to the principle. As for the four gates of the distinct teaching: contemplating Buddha-nature as like a bottle or basin in a dark room is the gate of existence; contemplating Buddha-nature as like the emptiness of the empty city of Kapilavastu is the gate of non-existence; contemplating Buddha-nature as like gold in stone, where a person of merit finds the treasure while a sinful person sees stone, is the gate of both existence and non-existence; contemplating Buddha-nature as free from the two extremes, which is the middle way, is the gate of neither existence nor non-existence. Each constitutes practical characteristics, determining the ranks; through the gate, one penetrates to the principle. The names of the four gates of the perfect teaching are no different from the distinct, but one gate is immediately three gates, and three gates are immediately one gate—neither one nor four, without the difference of successive distinctness; perfectly integrated, they are the four that are not four. Each determines the characteristics of inconceivable practices and stages; through the gate, one penetrates to the principle. These meanings are all in the Great Text. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1726.2.10) - [Next: 2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1726.2.12) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1726.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1726~en-mt.2.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1726.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1726.2.11) · Pramāṇa