[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) › [仁王護國般若經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1705) › 3.25 # 仁王護國般若經疏 3.25 仁王護國般若經疏 3.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1705.3.25) 初三品明內護中，今當第二，釋護十地行，即是明利他，答第二問也。言「教化品」者，菩薩以利物為德，教諸眾生離一切惡，化諸眾生修一切善。又佛將此法教化眾生，得成菩薩，故云教化品。又以此法化諸國王，令識般若故也云云。品文二：一發問、二佛答。今初也。文有二意：一揲前品中護十地行菩薩，即能護人也。次云「何行可行」等者，正是問辭：一問菩薩自利行法、二問利他行、三問所化眾生之相云云。又初問自利依何修行，故以五忍答之。次問利他依何位行，故以十地行答之。後問何相眾生可化，故以幻身見幻化眾生而教化之。又此經說通自他，而就他說為正，故文多利他行，故譯者亦以教化標目。 > Among the first three chapters that clarify internal protection, this is the second, explaining the protection of the practices of the ten grounds—that is, clarifying benefiting others, answering the second question. Regarding the "Chapter on Teaching and Transforming": A bodhisattva takes benefiting beings as their virtue, teaching sentient beings to abandon all evil, and transforming sentient beings so that they cultivate all good. Furthermore, the Buddha takes this Dharma to teach and transform sentient beings so that they can become bodhisattvas; hence it is called the Chapter on Teaching and Transforming. Furthermore, it is because he uses this Dharma to transform the kings, causing them to recognize prajñā, and so forth. The text of the chapter has two parts: first, posing the questions; second, the Buddha's answer. This is the first. The text has two points of purport: first, repeating the mention of the bodhisattvas who protect the practices of the ten grounds in the previous chapter, who are precisely the persons capable of protecting. Next, when it says "What practice can be practiced?" and so forth, these are properly the words of the question: first, asking about the bodhisattva's practice for self-benefit; second, asking about the practice of benefiting others; third, asking about the characteristics of the sentient beings to be transformed, and so forth. Furthermore, the first question asks upon what one relies to cultivate self-benefit, so he answers it with the five patiences. The next asks upon what stages one relies to practice benefiting others, so he answers it with the practices of the ten grounds. The last asks what characteristics of sentient beings can be transformed, so he \[answers that one\] regards illusory beings with an illusory body and teaches and transforms them. Furthermore, while the teaching of this sūtra pertains both to self and others, it takes speaking with respect to others as primary; hence the text contains much on the practice of benefiting others, and therefore the translator also titled it "Teaching and Transforming". > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1705.3.24) - [Next: 3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1705.3.26) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1705.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1705~en-mt.3.25) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [仁王經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1708.2.5) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1705.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1705.3.25) · Pramāṇa