Basic Knowledge in the Pure Land Teaching
淨土小常識
134 Expedient and Real
Comparing worldly truths to those of the Theravada teaching. When examining Buddhist teachings in this era, comparing worldly truths to the Theravada teaching, the former is unreal and expedient and the latter is real.
When comparing the Theravada teachings to the Mahayana teachings, the Theravada are unreal, while the expedient teachings of the Mahayana are real.
Comparing the expedient teachings of the Mahayana to the real teachings of the Mahayana, the expedient teachings are unreal, while the real teachings of the Mahayana (such as Huayen and Tientai), are real.
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134 方便與真實*
世法望小乘:佛說一代之教,以世法望小乘,則世法假(方便)而小乘真。
小乘望大乘:以小乘望大乘權教,則小乘假而權大乘真。
權大望實大:以大乘權教望大乘實教(華嚴、天臺),則權大乘假而實大乘真。
Namo Amituofo!
