[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) › [摩訶止觀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911) › 3.213 # 摩訶止觀 3.213 摩訶止觀 3.213 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.213](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.3.213) 三十二云：「眾生如雜血乳；須陀洹、斯陀含如淨乳；阿那含如酪；阿羅漢如生酥；辟支佛、菩薩如熟酥；佛如醍醐。」此譬豈不釋通教中五味？支佛侵習，小勝聲聞，故與菩薩同為熟酥。佛正習盡，名為醍醐。借此類通教當分，漸圓義顯。 > Chapter Thirty-Two says: "Sentient beings are like milk mixed with blood; srotaāpannas and sakṛdāgāmins are like pure milk; anāgāmins are like curd; arhats are like fresh butter; pratyekabuddhas and bodhisattvas are like clarified butter; Buddhas are like ghee." Does this analogy not explain the five flavors in the shared teaching? Pratyekabuddhas erode habit-energies, being slightly superior to śrāvakas; therefore they are clarified butter together with bodhisattvas. The Buddha having exhausted both primary \[defilements\] and habit-energies is termed ghee. Borrowing this to analogize the shared teaching within its own division, the meaning of gradual and perfect becomes evident. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.212](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.3.212) - [Next: 3.214](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.3.214) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911~en-mt.3.213) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [妙法蓮華經玄義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.5.82) — Classical Chinese - [天台八教大意](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1930.1.47) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.3.213](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.3.213) · Pramāṇa