[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) › [天台四教儀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1931) › 1.52 # 天台四教儀 1.52 天台四教儀 1.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1931.1.52) 更斷一品入等覺位，亦名金剛心，亦名一生補處，亦名有上士。更破一品無明，入妙覺位，坐蓮華藏世界七寶菩提樹下大寶華王座，現圓滿報身，為鈍根菩薩眾轉無量四諦法輪，即此佛也。有經論說：「七地已前名有功用道，八地已上名無功用道，妙覺位但破一品無明」者，總是約教道說。有處說：「初地斷見，從二地至六地斷思，與羅漢齊」者，此乃借別教位名，名通教位耳。有云：「三賢十聖住果報，唯佛一人居淨土」，此借別教名，明圓教位也。如此流類甚眾，須細知當教斷證之位，至何位斷何惑、證何理，往判諸教、諸位無不通達。略明別教竟。 > Severing one more grade, one enters the rank of virtual enlightenment, also called the vajra mind, also called the stage of one more birth before buddhahood, and also called the one who has an ultimate \[surpassing him\]. Breaking yet one more grade of ignorance, one enters the rank of sublime enlightenment; sitting upon the great jewel flower king seat beneath the seven-jeweled Bodhi tree in the Lotus Treasury World, one manifests the complete reward body and turns the Dharma wheel of the immeasurable four truths for the assembly of dull-rooted bodhisattvas; this is precisely this Buddha. Some sūtras and treatises state: "Prior to the seventh ground is called the path of effort; from the eighth ground upward is called the effortless path; the rank of sublime enlightenment only breaks one grade of ignorance"—all such \[statements\] are spoken according to doctrinal pathway. Some places state: "The first ground severs views; from the second to the sixth grounds, thought is severed, equal to an arhat"—this merely borrows the names of the ranks of the distinct teaching to name the ranks of the shared teaching. Some say: "The three worthies and ten sages dwell in karmic reward, while only the Buddha alone dwells in the Pure Land"—this borrows the names of the distinct teaching to explain the ranks of the perfect teaching. Categories like these are very numerous; one must know in detail the ranks of severing and realization of the teaching in question, knowing at which rank which delusion is severed and which principle is realized; then in assessing the various teachings and various ranks, there will be nothing one does not penetrate. The brief explanation of the distinct teaching is concluded. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1931.1.51) - [Next: 1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1931.1.53) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1931.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1931~en-mt.1.52) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [教觀綱宗](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1939.1.57) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1931.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1931.1.52) · Pramāṇa