[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) › [維摩經略疏垂裕記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779) › 7.34 # 維摩經略疏垂裕記 7.34 維摩經略疏垂裕記 7.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.7.34) 二、「但舊」下，斥古顯今。「四時五時」者，《法花玄義》明古人判教，咸以《華嚴》為頓，於漸則有三時四時五時等。暹云：虎丘岌師分三時。十二年前見有得道，名有相教，十二年後齊至《法華》明見空得道，名無相教。最後雙林明一切眾生佛性、闡提作佛，名常住教。宗愛師為四時。三如前，更於無相後、常住前，指《法華》會三歸一，名同歸教。定林柔次二師明五時。四不異前，於無相後、同歸前，指《淨名》、《思益》諸方等經為褒貶抑揚教。「猶是八十年佛」者，古人將般若在方等前，猶同三藏佛是八十無常也。「七百阿僧祇」者，暹云：《首楞嚴三昧經》下卷「堅首白佛言：『世尊！佛壽幾何？何時入滅？』佛告堅首：『東方去此五萬二千佛土，國名莊嚴，佛號照明莊嚴自在王，十號具足，今現說法。如彼佛所有壽量，我壽亦爾。』又問：『彼佛壽命幾何？』佛言：『汝自往問，彼當自答。』堅首承佛神力乃至答言：『如釋迦壽，我亦如是。汝欲知者，我壽七百阿僧祇劫，釋迦亦爾。』」古人意謂今明金剛之體，即同七百勝應之身，非法身常住也。「而不受今所釋」者，荊溪云：四時五時家所計，並不以前四時三時有常住理，是故不受今釋。今釋顯榮，榮即大故，故違他解。 > Second, from "yet formerly..." downward, refuting the ancient \[commentators\] and revealing the present \[teaching\]. Regarding "the four periods and five periods": The Profound Meaning of the Lotus Sūtra explains that ancient commentators classifying the teachings all regarded the Avataṃsaka Sūtra as sudden, while in the gradual \[teachings\] there were three periods, four periods, five periods, and so forth. Daoxian states: "Master Ji of Huqiu divided them into three periods. Before the twelfth year, seeing that there is attainment of the path was named the teaching of having characteristics; after the twelfth year up to the Lotus Sūtra, explaining that seeing emptiness attains the path was named the teaching of signlessness; and lastly, in the Twin Trees, explaining the Buddha-nature of all sentient beings and that icchantikas become buddhas was named the teaching of eternal presence. Master Zong'ai posited four periods: three as before, with an additional one after signlessness and before eternal presence, pointing to the Lotus Sūtra's converging of the three into the one, named the teaching of identical return. The two masters Dinglin Rou and Ci explained five periods: four not differing from before, while after signlessness and before identical return, pointing to the Vimalakīrti, Viśeṣacintā, and other Vaipulya sūtras as the teaching of praise, blame, suppression, and exaltation." Regarding "is still the eighty-year-old Buddha": ancient commentators placed Prajñā before Vaipulya, still taking it to be the same as the Tripiṭaka Buddha being impermanent at eighty. Regarding "seven hundred asaṃkhyeyas": Daoxian says: "The lower fascicle of the Śūraṅgamasamādhi Sūtra states: 'Dṛḍhamati addressed the Buddha, saying: "World-Honoured One! How long is the Buddha's life span? When will he enter extinction?" The Buddha told Dṛḍhamati: "To the east, fifty-two thousand buddha lands away from here, there is a country named Alaṃkāra. The buddha's name is Prabhāvyūha-īśvararāja, fully possessing the ten epithets, and he is currently expounding the Dharma. As is that buddha's life span, so too is mine." He asked again: "How long is that buddha's life span?" The Buddha said: "Go and ask him yourself; he will answer you himself." Dṛḍhamati, relying on the Buddha's spiritual power, \[went and the other buddha\] even answered, saying: "As is Śākyamuni's life span, so is mine. If you wish to know, my life span is seven hundred asaṃkhyeya kalpas, and Śākyamuni's is also like this."'" The ancient commentators meant that now, explaining the essence of the vajra, it is identical to this superior response body of seven hundred \[asaṃkhyeyas\], not the eternal presence of the dharmakāya. Regarding "and do not accept what is now explained": Jingxi says: "What is posited by the advocates of the four periods and five periods does not accept that the preceding four periods or three periods possess the principle of eternal presence, and therefore they do not accept the present explanation. The present explanation reveals the glorious, and the glorious is the great; thus it conflicts with their interpretation." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.7.33) - [Next: 7.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.7.35) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779~en-mt.7.34) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法華玄義釋籤](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1717.3.62) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.7.34) · Pramāṇa