[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) › 8.2 # 四教義 8.2 四教義 8.2 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.8.2) 第二約通教辨位以釋淨無垢稱義者，通教既詮因緣即空之理，三乘同稟，契理證道必有淺深，故須判位。通教入道亦具四門，四門者，一實門，二不實門，三亦實亦不實門，四非實非不實門。此四門入諸法實相，出《智度論》。《中論》雖不作門名，四句既能通行人入第一義，今立門名，觀其義意，謂於理無失。至下辨體，當略釋。今判三乘同入第一義智斷之階級。此通教具有四門入道，而經論多用空門，若論逗機化物，隨緣而說四門，豈可偏用經論義便？事須如此，是故今約通教明三乘位，正就空門以辨也。就此即為五意：一略明半滿辨位有同不同，二明約通教開三乘，三正辨通教三乘次位，四料簡，五正約位釋淨無垢稱義。 > Second, distinguishing the stages in terms of the shared teaching to explain the meaning of Pure Stainless Renown (Vimalakīrti): Since the shared teaching elucidates the principle that causes and conditions are identical to emptiness, received alike by \[practitioners of\] the three vehicles, their accord with the principle and realization of the path must have gradations of shallowness and depth; therefore, their stages must be determined. Entering the path in the shared teaching also possesses four gates: first, the gate of the real; second, the gate of the unreal; third, the gate of both real and unreal; and fourth, the gate of neither real nor unreal. Entering the true aspect of all phenomena through these four gates comes from the \*Dà zhìdù lùn\*. Although the \*Mūlamadhyamakakārikā\* (\*Zhonglun\*) does not use the term 'gates', since the four phrases can guide practitioners to enter paramārtha-satya, now establishing the term 'gates' and examining their significance, we consider there to be no error in principle. When we distinguish the substance below, we will explain it briefly. Now we determine the gradations of wisdom and severance for the three vehicles entering paramārtha-satya together. This shared teaching fully possesses four gates for entering the path, yet the sūtras and treatises mostly employ the gate of emptiness. As for meeting capacities to transform beings, the four gates are expounded according to conditions; how could one exclusively employ the rhetorical convenience of the sūtras and treatises? Matters must be handled thus. Therefore, now elucidating the stages of the three vehicles according to the shared teaching, we distinguish them specifically with respect to the gate of emptiness. Within this there are five points: first, briefly explaining the similarities and differences in determining stages between the half-letter and full-letter \[teachings\]; second, explaining the opening of the three vehicles in terms of the shared teaching; third, properly distinguishing the sequential stages of the three vehicles in the shared teaching; fourth, an evaluation; fifth, properly interpreting the meaning of Pure Stainless Renown in terms of the stages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.8.1) - [Next: 8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.8.3) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929~en-mt.8.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [維摩經玄疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777.3.137) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.8.2) · Pramāṇa