[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) › 3.10 # 四教義 3.10 四教義 3.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.3.10) 第五明信、法兩種四門不同者，外人不信三寶、不學佛法，邪信、邪行，雖有四門，非佛弟子，豈成信、法兩行？今明佛弟子深信佛教、修集佛法，能發無漏，故成信、法兩行。若信行人即是四種教門，若法行人即是四種觀門。是則信行人以佛教門出三界苦，約四教各有四種教門，一往則有十六種教門、十六種信行人。約四教各有四種觀門，一往即有十六種觀門、十六種法行人。若細分別四教，則有能所信法兩行，教門無量無邊，信行亦無量無邊，觀門無量無邊，法行亦無量無邊。宜論三藏四門，五百羅漢各說身因，即是五百觀門，況復此經諸菩薩各說入不二法門，善財入法界見無量善知識，各各說所得法門，皆從四教三十二門顯出也。若四不可說故，文殊師利說一切法，無言無說、盡諸戲論，名入不二法門。淨名杜口、默然無說，文殊稱歎「是真入不二法門」。當知一切法門皆不可說也。 > Fifth, explaining the difference between the two kinds of four gates for faith-followers and dharma-followers: externalists do not believe in the Three Jewels and do not learn the Buddhadharma; having wrong faith and wrong practice, though they have four gates, they are not disciples of the Buddha—how could they form the two practices of faith and dharma? Now, it is explained that disciples of the Buddha have deep faith in the Buddha's teachings and cultivate and accumulate the Buddhadharma, being able to bring forth the untainted, and thus they accomplish the two practices of faith and dharma. If one is a faith-follower, these are the four kinds of teaching gates; if one is a dharma-follower, these are the four kinds of contemplation gates. Thus, faith-followers escape the suffering of the three realms by means of the Buddha's teaching gates; according to the four teachings, each having four kinds of teaching gates, superficially there are sixteen kinds of teaching gates and sixteen kinds of faith-followers. According to the four teachings, each having four kinds of contemplation gates, superficially there are sixteen kinds of contemplation gates and sixteen kinds of dharma-followers. If one analyzes the four teachings in detail, there are the subjective and objective two practices of faith and dharma: teaching gates are measureless and boundless, and faith-followers are also measureless and boundless; contemplation gates are measureless and boundless, and dharma-followers are also measureless and boundless. If we discuss the four gates of the Tripiṭaka, the five hundred arhats each speaking of their body's causes constitutes five hundred contemplation gates, not to mention in this sūtra the various bodhisattvas each speaking of entering the dharma-gate of non-duality, or Sudhana entering the dharmadhātu and meeting measureless good friends, each speaking of the dharma-gate they attained—all of which are manifested from the thirty-two gates of the four teachings. If according to the four ineffables, Mañjuśrī speaks of all dharmas without words or speech, exhausting all conceptual proliferations, which is called entering the dharma-gate of non-duality, while Vimalakīrti keeps his mouth shut, remaining silent without speech, and Mañjuśrī praises him: 'This is truly entering the dharma-gate of non-duality.' One should know that all dharma-gates are ineffable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.3.9) - [Next: 3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.3.11) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929~en-mt.3.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.3.10) · Pramāṇa