[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) › [觀音義疏記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1729) › 3.9 # 觀音義疏記 3.9 觀音義疏記 3.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1729.3.9) 問：《華嚴》頓後方施小化。譬如窮子急追不至，徐語方來。前頓後漸，其義善成。今那忽云降神母胎即示兩相？答：諸文所論初頓次漸，蓋是化儀施設之語。今此所說大小雙應終歸一乘，方盡鑑機始末之事。如〈方便品〉思無大機念欲息化，諸佛勸諭方施小乘。次文却云「無量劫來讚涅槃法，生死永盡我常是說。」是故思機然後施小。此等之說皆是儀式，不可據此以難今文。預鑒群機原始要終，度物之意也。 > Question: In the Avataṃsaka, the sudden \[teaching came first\], and only afterward was small transformation applied. This is like the impoverished son: if pursued urgently he will not arrive, but if spoken to gently he will come. With the sudden before and the gradual after, its meaning is properly established. How can it now be said that descending into the mother's womb immediately displays both marks? Answer: What various texts discuss regarding the sudden first and gradual next is merely the language of the expedient arrangement of teaching methods. What is stated here—that both the great and the small respond simultaneously, ultimately returning to the One Vehicle—only then completely discerns capacities from beginning to end. Just as in the "Expedient Means" chapter, \[the Buddha\] considered that there were no capacities for the great and intended to cease teaching, and only upon the encouragement of all buddhas did he apply the Hīnayāna; yet the subsequent text conversely says, "For immeasurable kalpas I have praised the Dharma of nirvāṇa; that saṃsāra is forever ended, this I have always taught." Therefore, considering capacities and then applying the small—these descriptions are all ritual frameworks and cannot be relied upon to challenge the present text. Anticipating and discerning the multitude of capacities from first to last is the intention behind saving sentient beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1729.3.8) - [Next: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1729.3.10) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1729.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1729~en-mt.3.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1729.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1729.3.9) · Pramāṇa