[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) › 1.52 # 仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 1.52 仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 1.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.1.52) 問：持佛法藏菩薩極多，何唯阿難，不付菩薩？答：阿難常隨如來，人天具識，寫瓶有寄，故囑傳燈。菩薩形異處疎，利生嚴土各自怱務不可例同，表唯阿難言我聞矣。《智論》第二云「是阿難頂禮僧已坐師子座，一心合掌向佛涅槃方，如是說言：『佛初說法時，爾時我不見。如是展轉聞，佛在波羅柰。』是時千阿羅漢聞是語已，上昇虛空高七多羅樹，皆言：『無常力大。如我等眼見佛說法，今者乃言如是我聞。』」《佛地論》云「應知說此如是我聞，意避增減異分過失。謂如是法我從佛聞，非他展轉，顯示聞者有所堪能，諸有所聞皆離增減異分過失，非如愚夫無所堪能，諸有所聞或不能離增減異分。結集法時傳佛教者，依如來教初說此言，為令眾生恭敬信受。言如是法我從佛聞，文義決定無所增減。是故聞者應正聞已，如理思惟，當勤修學。」 > Question: Bodhisattvas who uphold the Buddha's Dharma repository are extremely numerous; why was it entrusted solely to Ānanda and not to the bodhisattvas? Answer: Ānanda constantly attended upon the Tathāgata, was fully known by humans and devas, and was entrusted like pouring water from one vessel into another; hence the transmission of the lamp was entrusted to him. Bodhisattvas have different forms and distant abodes; each is occupied with the urgent tasks of benefiting sentient beings and purifying lands, so they cannot be compared as equal \[in this role\]. This marks why Ānanda alone states 'thus I have heard.' Fascicle two of the \*Mahāprajñāpāramitōpadeśa\* says: "This Ānanda, having prostrated before the Saṅgha, sat upon the lion seat, single-mindedly joined his palms facing the direction of the Buddha's nirvāṇa, and spoke thus: 'When the Buddha first turned the wheel of Dharma, I did not see it at that time. Having heard it through successive transmission in this manner, the Buddha was in Vārāṇasī.' At that time, a thousand arhats, having heard these words, ascended into the sky to a height of seven tāla trees, and all said: 'Great is the power of impermanence! Just as we with our own eyes saw the Buddha preach the Dharma, now he says: "Thus have I heard."'" The \*Buddhabhūmi-śāstra\* says: "It should be understood that stating this 'thus have I heard' is intended to avoid the faults of addition, subtraction, or discrepancy. It means: 'Such a Dharma I heard from the Buddha, not through the transmission of others.' This shows that the hearer possesses competence, and that whatever he heard is free from the faults of addition, subtraction, or discrepancy; he is not like a foolish ordinary person who lacks competence, whose hearing might not be free from addition, subtraction, or discrepancy. When compiling the Dharma, the transmitter of the Buddha's teachings uttered these words first in reliance on the Tathāgata's instruction, in order to lead sentient beings to revere, believe, and accept them, saying: 'Such a Dharma I heard from the Buddha; its text and meaning are definitive, with nothing added or subtracted.' Therefore, listeners, having heard it correctly, should reflect upon it according to principle, and diligently cultivate and train in it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.1.51) - [Next: 1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.1.53) - [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.1.52) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [大智度論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.pancavimsatisahasrika!mahaprajnaparamitopadesa*zh-kumarajiva.2.60) — Classical Chinese - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.58) — 道世, Classical Chinese - [華嚴經探玄記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.2.5) — Classical Chinese - [仁王經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1708.1.31) — Classical Chinese - [佛地經論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.buddhabhumisutra!buddhabhumisutrasastra*zh-xuanzang.1.10) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.1.52) · Pramāṇa