[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) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 2.22 # 佛祖統紀 2.22 佛祖統紀 2.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.2.22) 述曰。自昔依起信論。列大乘八相。存住胎而沒降魔。依四教義。列小乘八相。存降魔而沒住胎。今之所述。正稟二文。以為綱骨。自下兜率至成道降魔。皆先大後小。以列其相。而於轉法輪中。則有五時頓漸之義。則大小二機。又蘊乎中矣。妙宗之言曰。佛應三土且說同居。化有始終須彰八相。大機所見八相難思。若應小機八種皆劣。此之謂也。 > The commentary states: In the past, based on the Treatise on Awakening of Faith, the eight phases of the Great Vehicle were listed, which preserved the dwelling in the womb and omitted the subduing of Māra. Based on the Meaning of the Fourfold Teachings, the eight phases of the Small Vehicle were listed, which preserved the subduing of Māra and omitted the dwelling in the womb. What is set forth now directly inherits both texts, taking them as the framework. From descending from Tuṣita down to attaining enlightenment and subduing Māra, the phases are all listed with the Great Vehicle first and the Small Vehicle second. Moreover, within the turning of the wheel of the Dharma, there is the meaning of the sudden and gradual of the five periods; thus the two faculties, great and small, are also contained within it. The words of the Miaozong say: 'The Buddha responds to the three lands and speaks first of the land where common and holy dwell together; as his conversion has a beginning and an end, it must manifest the eight phases. The eight phases seen by those of great faculty are inconceivable; if responding to those of small faculty, the eight kinds are all inferior.' This is what is meant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.2.21) - [Next: 2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.2.23) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.2.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.2.22) · Pramāṇa