[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) › [四教義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929) › 1.16 # 四教義 1.16 四教義 1.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.1.16) 三、總引經論證者，今影傍大乘經論立四教名義者，如《大涅槃經》明「四不可說，有因緣故亦可得說。」四種之說，以此化前緣，即是四教意。又《涅槃經》云：「四種轉四諦法輪」，即是四教意。又《法華經》明「三草二木，稟澤不同」，譬方便說，即三教也。「一地所生，一雨所潤」，譬說最實事，即圓教也。《中論》破諸異執既訖，復說因緣四句，通佛四說，即是四教之意。如此等四說法，隨機化物，即四教義。四說，即是四教之異名也。 > Third, comprehensive citations from sūtras and treatises as proof: establishing the names and meanings of the four teachings here by drawing upon the Mahāyāna sūtras and treatises is like the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra explaining that "the four are ineffable; yet because of causes and conditions, they can also be spoken of." The four kinds of expounding, using these to transform beings according to their capacities, are precisely the meaning of the four teachings. Furthermore, the Nirvāṇa-sūtra states: "The four kinds of turning the wheel of the four truths," which is precisely the meaning of the four teachings. Furthermore, the Lotus Sūtra explains that "the three herbs and two trees receive the moisture differently," which metaphorically describes the expedient teachings, that is, the three teachings; "grown from the same earth, moistened by the same rain" metaphorically describes the most real truth, that is, the perfect teaching. The Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, having completed its refutation of the various heterodox attachments, further explains the four propositions of causes and conditions, which penetrates the Buddha's four expoundings; this is precisely the meaning of the four teachings. Such four methods of expounding the Dharma transform beings according to their capacities, which is the meaning of the four teachings. The four expoundings are simply alternative names for the four teachings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.1.15) - [Next: 1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.1.17) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929~en-mt.1.16) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [維摩經玄疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777.3.45) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.1.16) · Pramāṇa