[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) › 3.214 # 摩訶止觀 3.214 摩訶止觀 3.214 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.214](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.3.214) 第九云：「眾生如牛新生，血乳未別；聲聞如乳；緣覺如酪；菩薩如生、熟酥；佛如醍醐。」此譬豈不是別教五味意？十住初、中，能斷通見思盡，名乳，總擬聲聞。十住後心小深，故擬支佛如酪。十行、十向，如生、熟酥。十地之初已名為佛，故如醍醐。借此顯成別觀當分漸圓意。 > Chapter Nine says: "Sentient beings are like a newly calved cow whose milk and blood are not yet distinguished; śrāvakas are like milk; pratyekabuddhas are like curd; bodhisattvas are like fresh and clarified butter; Buddhas are like ghee." Is this analogy not the meaning of the five flavors of the distinctive teaching? The beginning and middle of the ten abodes, being able to exhaust the common delusions of view and thought, are called milk, generally likened to śrāvakas. The final mind of the ten abodes is slightly deeper, so it is likened to pratyekabuddhas as curd. The ten practices and ten dedications are like fresh and clarified butter. The beginning of the ten grounds is already named Buddha, and is therefore like ghee. Borrowing this brings to light and establishes the meaning of gradual and perfect within the division of the distinctive contemplation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.213](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.3.213) - [Next: 3.215](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.3.215) - [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.3.214) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [天台八教大意](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1930.1.48) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.3.214](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.3.214) · Pramāṇa