[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) › [維摩經玄疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777) › 3.187 # 維摩經玄疏 3.187 維摩經玄疏 3.187 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777.3.187) 第一、經論辨別教菩薩位不同者，尋別教正明因緣假名、恒沙佛法、真如佛性之理，菩薩稟此教，觀三諦理，歷劫修行，斷恒沙無知別見思惑，欲見佛性，求常住四德涅槃。今明別位不同，略為三意：一者，諸經明位數不同；二，斷伏高下不同；三，對法門不同。 > First, regarding sūtras and treatises discerning the bodhisattva's stages of the distinctive teaching differently: Looking into the distinctive teaching, it directly clarifies the principle of conditioned conventional designations, buddha-dharmas countless as the sands of the Ganges, and tathatā buddha-nature. The bodhisattva who receives this teaching contemplates the principle of the three truths, cultivates for eons, and severs distinct delusions of view and thought as well as ignorance countless as the sands of the Ganges, desiring to see buddha-nature and seek the eternal four-virtue nirvāṇa. In now explaining that the distinctive stages differ, there are briefly three points: first, the sūtras explain different numbers of stages; second, the levels of severing and subduing differ; third, the correspondences to doctrinal gates differ. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777.3.186) - [Next: 3.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777.3.188) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777~en-mt.3.187) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [四教義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.9.3) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777.3.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777.3.187) · Pramāṇa