[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) › [大方便佛報恩經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156) › 7.25 # 大方便佛報恩經 7.25 大方便佛報恩經 7.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.7.25) 「菩薩知恩報恩者，為眾生說。說何事？云何說？說何事謂十二部經；云何說謂成就五事，為得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提故。說有二事：一者，次第說；二者，清淨說。次第說者：初說檀波羅蜜，次說尸波羅蜜乃至般若波羅蜜。為知恩報恩故，思惟其義，如法而住，是名次第說。清淨說者：聽者坐，說者立，不應為說；若聽者求於法過，求說者過，不應為說；若聽者依人不依法，不依法者，不應為說；若聽者依字不依義，不應為說；乃至聽者不依了義經者，不應為說。何以故？是人不能恭敬諸佛菩薩清淨法故。若說法者尊重於法，聽法之人亦生宗敬，至心聽受，不生輕慢，是名清淨說法。次第說者，一切說。一切說者，謂十二部經，乃至一句一偈，乃至半偈。若辭若義若法，於其法義示教利喜時，或時呵責，或時真說，或時喻說，隨所應說；或淺近說，或易入說，隨所樂聞，是名菩薩知恩報恩次第說法。清淨說者，菩薩摩訶薩於怨憎中，修習慈心。得慈心已，於惡眾生及放逸人，以諸方便而為說法，乃至愛樂其心慢恣及貧窮人，方便開示，而為說法，不為讚己、毀他、飲食、利養、名譽故，是名菩薩知恩報恩清淨說法。云何如法住？身口意業修習善法，具足清淨，知恩報恩，為莊嚴阿耨多羅三藐三菩提故。 > "A bodhisattva who knows kindness and repays kindness preaches for sentient beings. What does he preach? How does he preach? What he preaches refers to the twelve divisions of scriptures; how he preaches refers to fulfilling the five subjects in order to attain anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi. Preaching has two aspects: first, preaching in sequential order; second, preaching purely. Preaching in sequential order means: first preaching the dāna-pāramitā, next preaching the śīla-pāramitā, and so on up to the prajñā-pāramitā. In order to know kindness and repay kindness, reflecting upon its meaning and abiding in accordance with the Dharma—this is called preaching in sequential order. Preaching purely means: if the listener is seated while the preacher is standing, one should not preach for them; if the listener seeks faults in the Dharma or seeks faults in the preacher, one should not preach for them; if the listener relies on the person and not on the Dharma—for one who does not rely on the Dharma, one should not preach; if the listener relies on the words and not on the meaning, one should not preach; and so on up to if the listener does not rely on sūtras of definitive meaning, one should not preach. Why? Because such a person cannot revere the pure Dharma of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas. If the preacher respects the Dharma, and the listener also gives rise to veneration, listens and receives it wholeheartedly, and does not give rise to slight or disdain—this is called preaching the Dharma purely. Preaching in sequential order means preaching all. Preaching all refers to the twelve divisions of scriptures, down to a single phrase, a single verse, or even half a verse. Whether words, meaning, or phenomena, when demonstrating, instructing, benefiting, and delighting in their Dharma meaning, sometimes rebuking, sometimes speaking truthfully, sometimes speaking through parables, according to what is appropriate to preach; or preaching simply, or preaching so as to be easily entered, according to what they delight in hearing—this is called the bodhisattva knowing kindness, repaying kindness, and preaching the Dharma in sequential order. Preaching purely means that the bodhisattva-mahāsattva cultivates a mind of loving-kindness amidst hostility and hatred. Having attained a mind of loving-kindness, he uses various upāyas to preach the Dharma to evil sentient beings and heedless people, and even to those whose minds are fond of arrogance and indulgence, as well as the impoverished, using upāyas to reveal and expound the Dharma for them, not for the sake of praising himself, disparaging others, food and drink, gain, or fame—this is called the bodhisattva knowing kindness, repaying kindness, and preaching the Dharma purely. What is abiding in accordance with the Dharma? Cultivating wholesome dharmas in the actions of body, speech, and mind, endowed with purity, knowing kindness and repaying kindness, for the sake of adorning anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.7.24) - [Next: 7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.7.26) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156~en-mt.7.25) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [ཐབས་མཁས་པ་ཆེན་པོ་སངས་རྒྱས་དྲིན་ལན་བསབ་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.353.7.15) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.7.25) · Pramāṇa