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# 天台四教儀 1.25

天台四教儀 1.25

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1931.1.25)

第一、三藏教者，一修多羅藏（《四阿含》等經）、二阿毘曇藏（《俱舍》、《婆沙》等論）、三毘尼藏（五部律），此之三藏名通大小，今取小乘三藏也。《大智度論》云：「迦旃延子自以聰明利根，於《婆沙》中明三藏義，不讀衍經、非大菩薩。」又《法華》云：「貪著小乘三藏學者。」依此等文故，大師稱小乘為三藏教。此有三乘根性：

> First, as for the Tripitaka teaching: first, the Sūtra Piṭaka (sutras such as the Four Āgamas); second, the Abhidharma Piṭaka (treatises such as the Kośa and the Vibhāṣā); third, the Vinaya Piṭaka (the vinayas of the five divisions). The name 'three piṭakas' applies to both the Mahāyāna and the Hīnayāna; here it takes the Hīnayāna three piṭakas. The Da zhidu lun says: 'Kātyāyanīputra, relying on his own intelligence and sharp faculties, explained the meaning of the three piṭakas in the Vibhāṣā, but did not read the Vaipulya sutras and was not a great bodhisattva.' Furthermore, the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka says: 'Greedily attached to small vehicle three-piṭaka scholars.' Relying on such texts, the Great Master called the small vehicle the Tripitaka teaching. This has the capacities of the three vehicles:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [天台八教大意](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1930.1.10) — Classical Chinese

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