[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) › 4.209 # 大般涅槃經義記 4.209 大般涅槃經義記 4.209 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.209](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.209) 上明三寶，下次觀察三乘之性，此文答上「三乘無性，云何得說」。彼問如何？若使三乘無別體性，云何而得別說三乘？佛今答之，明三乘人同一佛性，更無別性，無別性故，一乘之外無別二乘，故下文言「世若無佛，非無二乘得二涅槃，一切世間唯一佛乘，故無二乘別得涅槃。」此文雖答迦葉上問，兼遣純陀無常之疑，由釋彼疑，是故文殊重問發起。 > The above clarified the Three Jewels; next comes the contemplation and examination of the nature of the three vehicles. This text answers the earlier question: "If the three vehicles lack an intrinsic nature, how can they be spoken of?" What was that question? If the three vehicles have no distinct essence or nature, how can the three vehicles be spoken of separately? The Buddha now answers it, clarifying that beings of the three vehicles share the identical buddha-nature and have no other distinct nature. Because they lack a distinct nature, outside of the One Vehicle there are no separate two vehicles. Thus the text below says: "If there were no Buddha in the world, it is not that there would be two vehicles attaining two nirvāṇas; in all the world there is only the One Buddha Vehicle, and therefore there are no two vehicles separately attaining nirvāṇa." Although this passage answers Kāśyapa's earlier question, it concurrently dispels Cunda's doubt regarding impermanence. Because it resolves that doubt, Mañjuśrī raises it again in question. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.208](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.208) - [Next: 4.210](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.210) - [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.4.209) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大般涅槃經集解](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.24.1) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.209](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.209) · Pramāṇa