[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) › 3.2 # 四教義 3.2 四教義 3.2 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.3.2) 大門第三明四門入理者，尋真性實相之理幽微妙絕，一切世間莫不能契，但以大聖明鑒通理之門，乃於無言之理赴緣，以教為門，是以稟教之徒因門契理。故《法華經》云：「以佛教門出三界苦。」又云：「其智慧門難解難入。」《淨名經》明諸菩薩各說入不二法門，即其意也。今略以五意解釋：一略辨四門相，二正明四門入理，三明四悉檀起四門教，四約十法成四門義，五明信法兩行四門不同。 > The third major section explains entering principle through the four gates: When one investigates the principle of true nature and real mark, it is profound, subtle, marvelous, and transcendent, such that none in the entire world can fail to accord with it. Yet it is only because the Great Sage clearly illuminated the gates that penetrate to principle, and thereupon accorded with conditions regarding the ineffable principle, that he used teachings as gates. For this reason, disciples who receive the teachings accord with principle by means of the gates. Thus the Lotus Sūtra says: 'By means of the gate of the Buddha's teaching, they escape the suffering of the triple realm.' It also says: 'The gate of his wisdom is difficult to understand and difficult to enter.' The Vimalakīrti Sūtra's explanation of how various bodhisattvas each spoke of entering the dharma-gate of non-duality has the same import. Now I will briefly explain this through five points: first, briefly distinguishing the characteristics of the four gates; second, directly explaining entering principle through the four gates; third, explaining the four siddhāntas generating the teachings of the four gates; fourth, presenting the meaning of the four gates in terms of ten dharmas; fifth, explaining the differences of the four gates between the two practices of faith and dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.3.1) - [Next: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.3.3) - [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.3.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.3.2) · Pramāṇa