[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) › 2.437 # 仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 2.437 仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 2.437 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.437](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.2.437) 解曰：明德廣也。假使無量恒河沙數者，明其多也。十地菩薩者，明其勝也，菩薩之中十地最勝。說是功德者，忍功德也。百千億分等者，舉喻以明。謂忍德圓，量同法界、猶如大海，十地讚說，於百千億分中其如一滴耳。若爾，波斯所證極唯十地，何故十地讚乃劣耶？答：波斯說忍與佛說同，讚忍功德亦同前說如一滴矣。從此第三諸佛稱讚。 > The commentary states: Clarifying that virtues are vast. 'Even if numbering as many as the sands of immeasurable Ganges rivers' clarifies their great number. 'Bodhisattvas of the ten bhūmis' clarifies their excellence, as among bodhisattvas those of the ten bhūmis are supreme. 'Were to speak of these virtues' refers to the virtues of kṣānti. 'In a hundred thousand koṭis of parts...' raises a simile to explain. This means the virtue of kṣānti is complete, its measure is equal to the dharmadhātu, like the great ocean; what is praised and spoken by the ten bhūmis, among a hundred thousand koṭis of parts, is merely like a single drop. If so, Prasenajit's realization reached at most only the tenth bhūmi; why then is the praise of the ten bhūmis said to be inferior? Answer: Prasenajit's expounding of kṣānti is identical to the Buddha's exposition, and his praise of the virtues of kṣānti is also identical to the previous statement of being like a single drop. Hereafter is the third \[section\], praised by all buddhas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.436](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.2.436) - [Next: 2.438](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.2.438) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709~en-mt.2.437) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.2.437](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.2.437) · Pramāṇa