[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) › 2.5 # 四教義 2.5 四教義 2.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.2.5) 三明無量四聖諦者，如《大涅槃經》說：「知諸陰苦名為苦諦。分別諸陰有無量相悉是諸苦，是名無量苦諦。」無量集、滅、道，至下自當具出經文。如是四諦之理，《涅槃經》云：「悉非聲聞、緣覺所知」，故知皆是別教所詮之理也。問曰：此無量四聖諦，是何等四諦無量耶？答曰：今明四教所詮菩薩學道種智，並得無量四諦，但此無量四諦的屬別教也。問曰：若爾，《涅槃經》明四諦無量相，何得定知是別教所詮無量四諦？答曰：若不明佛性而說無量，即是前二教所詮之無量也。若明佛性說無量相者，即任運自成後兩教所明無量也。若圓教亦名無量四聖諦者，即是無作四實諦之異名也。 > Third, explaining the immeasurable four noble truths: as the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra says: 'Knowing the suffering of the aggregates is called the truth of suffering. Discriminating the aggregates as having immeasurable marks that are all various sufferings is called the immeasurable truth of suffering.' For the immeasurable accumulation, cessation, and path, the sūtra passages will naturally be fully cited below. Regarding such a principle of the four truths, the Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: 'None of it is known by śrāvakas or pratyekabuddhas'; hence we know that these are all the principle elucidated by the distinctive teaching. Question: These immeasurable four noble truths—what kind of immeasurability of the four truths is this? Answer: Now, explaining that the bodhisattvas elucidated by the four teachings learn the cognition of the aspects of the path, they all obtain the immeasurable four truths, yet these immeasurable four truths precisely belong to the distinctive teaching. Question: If so, when the Nirvāṇa Sūtra explains the immeasurable marks of the four truths, how can it be known for certain that they are the immeasurable four truths elucidated by the distinctive teaching? Answer: If immeasurability is spoken of without explaining Buddha-nature, it is the immeasurability elucidated by the previous two teachings. If immeasurable marks are spoken of while explaining Buddha-nature, it spontaneously constitutes the immeasurability explained by the latter two teachings. If the perfect teaching is also called the immeasurable four noble truths, it is an alternate name for the non-active four actual truths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.2.4) - [Next: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.2.6) - [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.2.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.2.5) · Pramāṇa