[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) › [華嚴一乘法界圖](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1887a) › 1.55 # 華嚴一乘法界圖 1.55 華嚴一乘法界圖 1.55 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1887a.1.55) 問：初發心菩薩者，信地菩薩，即是弟子位；成正覺者佛地，即是大師位。高下不同，位地今一別，何以故同處並頭脚耶？答：三乘方便法與圓教一乘法，法用逗留各別，不得雜用。其其義云何。三乘法頭脚各別。何耶？兒子年月不同。何故如是？約相說故，生信心故。圓教一乘法者，頭脚總一，阿耶兒子年月皆同總。何以故？由緣成故，約道理說故。 > Question: A bodhisattva of first generation of the mind is a bodhisattva on the stage of faith, which is the position of a disciple; one who achieves right awakening is on the Buddha stage, which is the position of the Great Master. The high and low are different, and the stages are distinct; why then are they in the same place side by side, head and foot \[together\]? Answer: The upāya dharmas of the Three Vehicles and the One Vehicle dharmas of the Perfect Teaching have entirely distinct functions and pedagogical applications; they must not be mixed together. What is their meaning? In the dharmas of the Three Vehicles, head and foot are each distinct. Why? The years and months of father and son are not the same. Why is it like this? Because it is spoken according to characteristics, in order to generate faith. In the One Vehicle dharmas of the Perfect Teaching, head and foot are completely one; father and son, years and months are altogether identical. Why? Because they are formed by conditions, and spoken according to principle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1887a.1.54) - [Next: 1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1887a.1.56) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1887a.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1887a~en-mt.1.55) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1887a.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1887a.1.55) · Pramāṇa