[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) › [仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709) › 1.151 # 仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 1.151 仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 1.151 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.1.151) 解曰：經前瑞相各各不同，隨處引導應根而作，或眉間流照表亦一乘，或合蓋現奇彰難思德。今茲般若，諸佛之母，故在年初，表居法上。爾時者，將說經時。言世尊者，即第十號，破魔威德，義如前釋。初年月八日者，彰演說時。此方四時，時各三月，皇唐御曆建寅為正。西國三際，際各四月，寒際之首當十一月，即同往古建子為正。黑半標元，二十三日即初八矣。又《金光明》第九立為四時，如《西域記》第二卷云「從正月十六日至四月十五日為春三月」，即正月二十三日為初年月八，取捨如文。入大寂靜者，入謂證入，言大寂靜謂即勝定。若依《佛地》龍軍所釋，佛三法中即大定矣。 > The commentary explains: The auspicious signs before a sūtra are each different, guiding according to the occasion and performed in response to capacities: sometimes radiance flows from between the eyebrows to symbolize the One Vehicle, or umbrellas merge to display wonders manifesting unfathomable virtues. Now, this prajñā is the mother of the buddhas; therefore it is at the beginning of the year, symbolizing its preeminence above all dharmas. "At that time" means the time when the sūtra was about to be spoken. "World-Honoured One" is the tenth epithet, having the majestic virtue of destroying Māra, its meaning being as explained before. "The eighth day of the first month of the year" reveals the time of proclamation. In this land there are four seasons, each season having three months, and the imperial calendar of the August Tang takes the \*yin\* month as the first month. In the Western land there are three seasons, each season having four months; the beginning of the cold season corresponds to the eleventh month, which is the same as the ancient calendar taking the \*zi\* month as the first. The dark half marks the beginning, so the twenty-third day is the eighth day. Furthermore, the ninth chapter of the \*Suvarṇaprabhāsa\* establishes four seasons, and as the second fascicle of the \*Record of the Western Regions\* states: "From the sixteenth day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the fourth month is the three months of spring," so the twenty-third day of the first month is the eighth day of the first month of the year; the choices are according to the texts. As for "entered the great tranquility", "entered" means realized and entered, and "great tranquility" refers to supreme meditative absorption. If according to the explanation of Nāgasena in the \*Buddhabhūmi\*, among the Buddha's three dharmas, it is the great absorption. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.1.150) - [Next: 1.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.1.152) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709~en-mt.1.151) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.1.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.1.151) · Pramāṇa