[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) › [大般涅槃經集解](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763) › 63.14 # 大般涅槃經集解 63.14 大般涅槃經集解 63.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [63.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.63.14) 如來何故不先為其演說正法後為菩薩。 > "For what reason did the Tathāgata not first expound the true Dharma for him, and only afterward for the bodhisattvas?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 63.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.63.13) - [Next: 63.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.63.15) - [Up: 63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.63) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763~en-mt.63.14) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [大般涅槃經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahaparinirvana-mahayana*zh-t375.31.3) — Classical Chinese - [大般涅槃經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahaparinirvana-mahayana*zh-dharmaksema.33.3) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.63.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.63.14) · Pramāṇa