金剛般若經贊述 1.43

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「大」者有五義，一、名稱大，大眾大人所知識故；二、位次大，皆住聖果，非凡位故；三、功德大，或諸漏盡，證智斷故；四、修行大，求大菩提，修廣業故；五、徒眾大，千二百五十人故。龍樹釋云，如有七寶處，金為最大；乃至無好物處，鐵鋤為最大；如是有三寶時，佛為最大；乃至於末後時，破戒僧為最大。故經云，瞻博迦華雖萎萃，猶勝諸華鮮潔時；破戒惡行諸比丘，猶勝外道持戒者故。今言大者，且對有學也。

'Great' has five meanings: first, great in renown, being known by the great assembly and great men; second, great in station, all abiding in noble fruition and not in ordinary worldly status; third, great in merit, having exhausted all defilements and realized knowledge and eradication; fourth, great in practice, seeking great bodhi and cultivating extensive deeds; fifth, great in retinue, numbering twelve hundred and fifty. Nāgārjuna explains: where there are seven treasures, gold is the greatest; even in a place without fine objects, an iron hoe is the greatest; just as when the Three Jewels exist, the Buddha is the greatest, even so in the final period, a precept-breaking monk is the greatest. Therefore the sūtra states: 'Although the campaka flower is withered, it still surpasses other flowers in their fresh bloom; monks who break the precepts and act evilly still surpass non-Buddhists who keep their precepts.' Here, 'great' is spoken provisionally in contrast to those in training.