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# 維摩經玄疏 3.135

維摩經玄疏 3.135

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [3.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777.3.135)

問曰：何故化國王、長者，而示三藏菩薩之形說法？訶聲聞、菩薩，即現摩訶衍不思議之言教？

> Question: For what reason, when transforming kings and elders, does he manifest the form of a Tripiṭaka bodhisattva to expound the Dharma, yet when rebuking the śrāvakas and bodhisattvas, he manifests the inconceivable teachings of the Mahāyāna?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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- [四教義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.7.13) — Classical Chinese

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