[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) › [大般涅槃經義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764) › 4.15 # 大般涅槃經義記 4.15 大般涅槃經義記 4.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.15) 就初段中，先喻、後合。喻中，「四大其性不同，各相反」者，喻前有、無二見相反。「良醫善知，隨其偏發而消息」者，喻明如來知過偏強而為除斷。合中，初句四大不同略而不合，但合後句良醫消息。「如來亦爾，於生如醫」合前良醫，「知諸煩惱體相差別」合前善知，「而為除斷」合前偏發而消息之。除斷之相，如後文說。 > In the first part, there is first the simile and then the application. In the simile, "the natures of the four great elements are not the same, being contrary to one another" is a simile for the mutual opposition of the earlier two views of existence and non-existence. "A skilled physician understands well, regulating and adjusting them in accordance with their unbalanced arising" is a simile clarifying that the Tathāgata knows when an error is predominantly strong and eliminates it. In the application, the first line regarding the differences among the four great elements is abbreviated and not applied, but only the latter line regarding the skilled physician regulating and adjusting is applied. "The Tathāgata is also like this; toward sentient beings he is like a physician" matches the skilled physician above; "knowing the differences in the essential marks of all afflictions" matches knowing well above; "and eliminates them" matches regulating and adjusting them in their unbalanced arising above. The characteristics of elimination are as explained in the subsequent text. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.14) - [Next: 4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.16) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764~en-mt.4.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.15) · Pramāṇa