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仁王經疏 2.3

仁王經疏 2.3

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2.3

將釋此品,略有二義:初解品名、後正釋文。菩薩化生,以善示眾名教、令彼改惡為化。品義如上。或可教眾離惡、化令住善,故名教化。依《本記》云「此品宗明分別菩薩得空之階位,應言五忍品,而言教化品者,自有二義:一五忍菩薩攝化眾生、二者如來以五忍法教教化諸王,故名教化品。」

In intending to explain this chapter, there are briefly two points: first, explaining the chapter title; second, directly explaining the text. When bodhisattvas transform sentient beings, demonstrating goodness to the assembly is called 'teaching' (jiao); causing them to change from evil is 'transformation' (hua). The meaning of 'chapter' is as above. Or it may be that teaching the assembly to depart from evil and transforming them to abide in goodness is why it is called 'Teaching and Transformation'. According to the Former Record: 'The main theme of this chapter is to explain the stages in which bodhisattvas attain emptiness; it should be called the Chapter on the Five Patiences. Yet calling it the Chapter on Teaching and Transformation has two meanings: first, bodhisattvas of the five patiences gather and transform sentient beings; second, the Tathāgata uses the teaching of the five patiences to teach and transform the kings. Therefore it is called the Chapter on Teaching and Transformation.'

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