台家指法華經以前曰爾前，淨家指觀無量壽經以前曰化前。依善導觀經疏化前序之語而立。
In the Amitābha cult the term means before its first sutra, the 觀無量壽經, just as 爾前 in the Lotus School means 'before the Lotus.'
一化前 淨土家依善導觀無量壽經疏序分義所載，謂佛陀說觀無量壽經前之諸教法為「化前」。天台宗則謂佛陀說法華經前之諸教法為「爾前」。p1721
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