[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) › [維摩經略疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778) › 9.23 # 維摩經略疏 9.23 維摩經略疏 9.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.23) 「示入至眾生」，五、明行二乘非道通達佛道。二乘沈空，故有無為緣集十二因緣三道非道。菩薩以無所受受二乘沈空之受，而能從非道通達佛道示作聲聞，為眾生說未聞法。如身子、善吉若作支佛，大悲教化如大迦葉，未具佛法終不滅二乘受，而通達佛道。故《法華》云「知眾樂小法，而畏於大智，是故諸菩薩，作聲聞緣覺，少欲厭生死，實自淨佛土。」 > From "manifesting entry" to "sentient beings," fifth, this explains practicing the non-path of the two vehicles to reach the Buddha Path. Because the two vehicles sink into emptiness, they have the non-path of the three paths—the twelve links of conditioned arising accumulated through unconditioned conditioning. By taking on the experience of the two vehicles' sinking into emptiness through non-reception, the bodhisattva is able to reach the Buddha Path from the non-path, manifesting as a śrāvaka to preach the unheard Dharma for sentient beings. Like Śāriputra and Subhūti, or if appearing as a pratyekabuddha, preaching through great compassion like Mahākāśyapa, without having fully perfected the Buddha-Dharma, they ultimately do not extinguish the experiences of the two vehicles, thereby reaching the Buddha Path. Therefore the Lotus Sūtra says: "Knowing that the multitude delight in lesser dharmas / and are afraid of great wisdom, / for this reason the bodhisattvas / appear as śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas; / having few desires, they weary of birth-and-death, / yet in truth they purify their own buddha-lands." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.22) - [Next: 9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.24) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778~en-mt.9.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.23) · Pramāṇa