[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) › [天台八教大意](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1930) › 1.48 # 天台八教大意 1.48 天台八教大意 1.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1930.1.48) 《涅槃》第九云：「眾生如牛新生，血乳未別。聲聞如乳，緣覺如酪，菩薩如生熟酥，佛如醍醐。」此譬別教五味。十信輕毛菩薩如雜血乳。九住已前斷通見思名乳，比擬聲聞。十住小深故比擬支佛如酪。十行、十向如生熟酥。十地之初已名為佛，故如醍醐。 > The ninth fascicle of the \*Nirvāṇa Sūtra\* states: 'Sentient beings are like \[the milk of\] a cow newly calved, where blood and milk are not yet distinct. Śrāvakas are like milk; pratyekabuddhas are like curd; bodhisattvas are like fresh and clarified butter; and buddhas are like ghee.' This metaphor corresponds to the five flavors of the distinct teaching. Bodhisattvas of the ten faiths, \[wavering like\] light feathers, are like milk mixed with blood. Prior to the ninth abode, severing the shared \[afflictions of\] views and deliberations is called milk, compared to śrāvakas. The tenth abode being somewhat deeper is compared to pratyekabuddhas as curd. The ten practices and ten dedications are like fresh and clarified butter. Because one at the inception of the ten stages is already called a buddha, they are like ghee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1930.1.47) - [Next: 1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1930.1.49) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1930.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1930~en-mt.1.48) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [摩訶止觀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.3.214) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1930.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1930.1.48) · Pramāṇa