[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) › 34.38 # 佛祖統紀 34.38 佛祖統紀 34.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [34.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.34.38) 四十六年第五法華涅槃時。開前一頓三漸會入非頓非漸。以不同聾瘂故非頓。不約三時故非漸。諸部圓教並不須開。但是部內兼但對帶。故不及法華淳一無雜。約時則日輪當午罄無側影。約味則從熟酥出醍醐（法華八年）。 > The forty-sixth year: the fifth, the Lotus and Nirvāṇa period. Opening the previous one sudden and three gradual teachings, converging them into the neither sudden nor gradual. Because it is unlike \[the state of\] the deaf-mutes, it is not sudden; because it is not divided into three periods, it is not gradual. The perfect teachings across all sections need not be opened at all; however, within those sections, \[the perfect\] was combined with, solely accompanied by, set against, or carried alongside \[other teachings\], so they were not equal to the pure, unmixed nature of the Lotus. In terms of time, the solar disk is directly at noon with not a single slant shadow. In terms of flavor, it corresponds to drawing ghee from clarified butter (eight years of the Lotus). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 34.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.34.37) - [Next: 34.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.34.39) - [Up: 34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.34) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.34.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.34.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.34.38) · Pramāṇa