[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) › 29.39 # 佛祖統紀 29.39 佛祖統紀 29.39 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [29.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.29.39) 鎧菴曰。華嚴頓施別圓。則無俟乎密。鹿苑專說小乘。則未易用密。唯方等般若二時。欲轉小成衍及被接入別圓。則如來始於此時有顯密二輪之用。若夫法華開顯。無小無大俱入一乘。殆猶日輪當午罄無昃影。所謂密者尚何施耶。自金剛智諸師。為末代機緣有宜密教者。故東傳此道以名一家。然嗣其後者。功效寖微。唐末亂離。經疏銷毀。今其法盛行於日本。而吾邦所謂瑜伽者。但存法事耳。 > Kai'an says: The Avataṃsaka suddenly dispensed the distinct and perfect teachings, so there was no need for the esoteric; the Deer Park exclusively preached the Small Vehicle, so it was not easy to employ the esoteric. Only in the two periods of Vaipulya and Prajñā, when desiring to transform the small into the Mahāyāna and to accommodate and introduce them into the distinct and perfect teachings, did the Tathāgata first employ the two wheels of the exoteric and the esoteric. As for the Lotus Sutra's opening and revealing, where neither small nor great exist and all enter the One Vehicle, it is almost like the sun disk at high noon, utterly without slant or shadow—what application could the so-called 'esoteric' still have? From Vajrabodhi and the other masters onward, because in the degenerate age there were capacities suitable for the esoteric teachings, they transmitted this way east to establish a distinct school. Yet among those who succeeded them, the efficacy gradually waned. In the chaos and dispersal of the late Tang, the scriptures and commentaries were destroyed. Today, its teachings flourish in Japan, while what is called Yoga in our realm preserves nothing more than the ritual performances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 29.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.29.38) - [Next: 29.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.29.40) - [Up: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.29) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.29.39) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.29.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.29.39) · Pramāṇa