[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) › [大乘法苑義林章](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1861) › 1.9 # 大乘法苑義林章 1.9 大乘法苑義林章 1.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1861.1.9) 詮常非常門者，如《涅槃經》第六卷說「又聲聞乘名不了義，無上大乘乃名了義。若言如來無常變易，名不了義。若言如來常住不變，是名了義。」此經意言：若經中說佛是法身常住不變名為了義，與此相違名不了義。《解深密經》、《瑜伽．決擇》七十六說「世尊往昔唯為發趣聲聞乘者，以四諦相轉正法輪。雖是希奇，然是有上，是未了義。」即顯大乘是了義經，聲聞乘教名非了義。此中一往依乘所明名為了義，非諸大乘無不了義，聲聞乘經都無了義。如次當引如是證文，故依《涅槃》詮真常佛名為了義，詮非常佛名非了義。 > Regarding the approach of explaining permanence and non-permanence: as the sixth fascicle of the Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: "Furthermore, the Śrāvakayāna is called neyārtha; only the unexcelled Mahāyāna is called nītārtha. If it says that the Tathāgata is impermanent and subject to change, it is called neyārtha. If it says that the Tathāgata is eternally abiding and unchanging, it is called nītārtha." The meaning of this sūtra is: if a sūtra states that the Buddha is the dharmakāya, eternally abiding and unchanging, it is called nītārtha; whatever contradicts this is called neyārtha. The Saṃdhinirmocana-sūtra and the seventy-sixth fascicle of the Viniścayasaṃgrahaṇī of the Yogācārabhūmi state: "In the past, solely for those embarking on the Śrāvakayāna, the World-Honoured One turned the wheel of the true Dharma through the characteristics of the four truths. Although this was marvelous, it was surpassable and was neyārtha." This shows that the Mahāyāna is nītārtha sūtra\[s\], whereas the teachings of the Śrāvakayāna are called non-nītārtha. Here, provisionally, what is elucidated is called nītārtha on the basis of the vehicle; it is not that among all Mahāyāna texts there are none that are neyārtha, nor that among the Śrāvakayāna sūtras there are none at all that are nītārtha. As such scriptural testimonies will subsequently be cited, it is therefore on the basis of the Nirvāṇa \[Sūtra\] that explaining the truly permanent Buddha is called nītārtha, and explaining the non-permanent Buddha is called non-nītārtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1861.1.8) - [Next: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1861.1.10) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1861.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1861~en-mt.1.9) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大般涅槃經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahaparinirvana-mahayana*zh-dharmaksema.6.46) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1861.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1861.1.9) · Pramāṇa