仁王般若經疏 1.34

1.34

From "There were further eight million" onward, the second part sets out the assembly of pratyekabuddhas, having four sections: first, presenting the number; second, indicating the designation; third, praising their virtues; fourth, the general conclusion. First, "eight million" presents the number. Second, indicating the designation has three distinctions. First, as for the "great ṛṣi pratyekabuddha": formerly, in the causal stage, he was a king who went with various palace women into a park to play, and then took a brief rest. Before he fell asleep, the woods were exquisite, with luxuriant foliage and vibrant colors, but suddenly the palace women broke and ruined them. The king immediately reflected: "Before long, I too shall become like this." Applying the external to the internal, he directly became a great pratyekabuddha; therefore, he is called a "great ṛṣi pratyekabuddha". Second, after a Buddha has passed away, one resides at ease in a quiet room, sits cross-legged, awakens on one's own through reflection, and suddenly attains the path; this is called a "solitary realizer (pratyekabuddha)". Third, there is a srotāpanna of seven rebirths who, relying on his previous roots of good conducive to liberation, is reborn seven times as human and seven times as god, no longer undergoes an eighth rebirth, and directly becomes a lesser pratyekabuddha. Among these three kinds of pratyekabuddhas, the first is the greatest, attaining the path from dependent origination; hence he is called a "great ṛṣi pratyekabuddha". From "non-annihilation, non-permanence" onward, the third part praises their virtues. Contemplating the twelve links of dependent origination, the two past causes and conditions form the five present fruits—this is non-annihilation; the three present causes and conditions enter the future—this is non-permanence. Furthermore, arising from conditions, it is non-annihilation; having arisen, it perishes, so it is non-permanence. Furthermore, the continuity of cause and condition exists, so it is non-annihilation; the phenomenon itself lacks intrinsic nature, so it is non-permanence. "All accomplished" is the fourth part, the general conclusion.