[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) › 2.17 # 四教義 2.17 四教義 2.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.2.17) 三對經論者。若華嚴教，詮一實諦，帶理內世諦不即之方便；若三藏教，一向不詮一實諦也；若方等教，詮一實諦同《華嚴》，有偏真會一實諦之方便；摩訶般若教，詮一實諦亦同《華嚴》，亦帶偏真會一實諦之方便。故《無量義經》云：「佛成道已來四十餘年未顯真實。」今謂：何有不說實諦？但或時赴緣，開二諦、三諦不即一諦之方便所覆。法華教詮一實諦，無覆不即之方便，但詮一切即一實諦也。故《法華經》說：「二萬日月燈明佛，皆云諸法實相義，已為汝等說。今佛放光明，助發實相義。諸佛法久後，要當說真實，正直捨方便，但說無上道。」若《涅槃經》同《方等》，通釋入佛性為異。諸論隨經，類之可解。如《中論》偈云：「亦是中道義」，此即是申一實諦之教也。故青目釋云：「遮二邊故，名為中道」，即是遮因緣空邊、假邊。非此二邊，則非遮真俗二諦名一實諦也。故《涅槃經》云：「一實諦者，則無二也。」又云：「無二之性即是實性也，無二之性即是入不二法門。」又一實諦者，即是不生不生。不生不生不可說故，是故淨名居士默然杜口，文殊稱歎，意在於此也。 > Third, referencing the sūtras and treatises: The Avataṃsaka teaching elucidates the one real truth, carrying along the expedient of the non-identity of the worldly truth within the principle. The Tripiṭaka teaching wholly does not elucidate the one real truth. The Vaipulya teaching elucidates the one real truth the same as the \*Avataṃsaka\*, having the expedient of converging the biased ultimate toward the one real truth. The Mahāprajñā teaching elucidates the one real truth also the same as the \*Avataṃsaka\*, also carrying along the expedient of converging the biased ultimate toward the one real truth. Thus the \*Sūtra of Immeasurable Meanings\* states: "For more than forty years since the Buddha achieved enlightenment, he has not yet revealed the real truth." Now I say: how could he not speak of the real truth? It was only that according with circumstances at certain times, it was covered by the expedients of opening the two truths and three truths that are not identical to the one truth. The Lotus teaching elucidates the one real truth without the covering expedient of non-identity, solely elucidating all as identical to the one real truth. Thus the \*Lotus Sūtra\* states: "The twenty thousand Candrasūryapradīpa Buddhas all stated: 'The meaning of the true mark of all dharmas has already been spoken for you. Now the Buddha emits light to assist in revealing the meaning of the true mark. After a long time, the Dharma of the Buddhas must surely speak the real, directly casting aside expedients and only speaking the unsurpassed path.'" The \*Nirvāṇa Sūtra\* is the same as the \*Vaipulya\*, with the difference being that it comprehensively explains entry into the Buddha-nature. The treatises follow the sūtras and can be understood by analogy. As the verse in the \*Mūlamadhyamakakārikā\* states: "and also the meaning of the middle way"—this sets forth the teaching of the one real truth. Thus Qingmu's commentary states: "Because it negates the two extremes, it is named the middle way"—that is, negating the extreme of causes-and-conditions emptiness and the extreme of the provisional. Negating these two extremes is none other than negating the two truths of ultimate and conventional to be called the one real truth. Thus the \*Nirvāṇa Sūtra\* states: "The one real truth has no two." It also states: "The nature of non-duality is the real nature; the nature of non-duality is the entry into the Dharma gate of non-duality." Furthermore, the one real truth is non-arising and non-arising. Because non-arising and non-arising cannot be spoken, the layman Vimalakīrti kept silent and closed his mouth, praised by Mañjuśrī; the intent lies right here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.2.16) - [Next: 2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.2.18) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929~en-mt.2.17) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [維摩經玄疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777.3.95) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.2.17) · Pramāṇa