[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) › [法華論疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1818) › 1.73 # 法華論疏 1.73 法華論疏 1.73 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1818.1.73) 四行凡有二：一對大小、二定不定。大小者，聲聞定修小行，菩薩定修大行。次明定不定者，菩薩雖大行方能示無定無方之行，如十六賢士能示為小乘四眾，即大包小故，大示小行也。次比丘出家聲聞定行者，畢定住出家威儀也。問：論何故舉十六大士？答：十六是在家菩薩，以對小乘出家明道俗、明定不定也。 > The four practices have two aspects in all: first, contrasting the Great and Small; second, fixed and unfixed. Regarding the Great and Small: śrāvakas definitely cultivate small practices, and bodhisattvas definitely cultivate great practices. Next, explaining fixed and unfixed: although the practices of bodhisattvas are great, they are able to manifest practices that have no fixed form or limitation; for instance, the sixteen worthy men are able to manifest as the fourfold assembly of the Small Vehicle, which means the great encompasses the small, and thus great beings manifest small practices. Next, regarding the fixed practice of bhikṣus and renunciant śrāvakas: they definitely remain in renunciant deportment. Question: Why does the treatise cite the sixteen great beings? Answer: The sixteen are lay bodhisattvas; by contrasting them with the renunciants of the Small Vehicle, it clarifies the religious and the secular, and clarifies the fixed and the unfixed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1818.1.72) - [Next: 1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1818.1.74) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1818.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1818~en-mt.1.73) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1818.1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1818.1.73) · Pramāṇa