[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) › [妙法蓮華經文句](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718) › 2.66 # 妙法蓮華經文句 2.66 妙法蓮華經文句 2.66 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.2.66) 一、氣類者，即是菩薩摩訶薩也。若具存，應言菩提薩埵摩訶薩埵，什師嫌煩，略提埵二字。菩提，此言道；薩埵，此言心；摩訶，此言大。此諸人等皆求廣博大道，又成熟眾生故，道心、大道心之氣類也。菩薩多種，謂偏通別圓，如《釋論》引迦旃延子明六度齊限而滿者，此欲調血眾生為乳也；若《大品》明有菩薩發心與薩婆若相應者，此欲調乳入酪也；若《大品》明有菩薩發心遊戲神通淨佛國土，又如《淨名》中得不思議解脫者，皆能變身登座而復受屈被訶者，此欲調酪為生熟蘇也；若《大品》明有菩薩發心即坐道樹成正覺、轉法輪度眾生者，此是調蘇為醍醐也。故下文云：「菩薩聞是法，疑網皆已除。」又云：「若菩薩不聞《法華》，非善行菩薩道，若聞此經即善行菩薩道。」又《涅槃》云：「菩薩不聞《涅槃》，常有希望；若聞《涅槃》，希望都息。」故略有四種也。 > First, as for the category, it is precisely 'bodhisattva mahāsattva'. If fully preserved, one should say bodhisattva mahāsattva; Master \[Kumāra\]jīva, disliking complexity, omitted the two characters sattva. Bodhi here means 'the Way'; sattva here means 'mind'; mahā here means 'great'. These persons all seek the broad and vast great Way and also mature sentient beings; hence they belong to the category of 'mind on the Way' and 'mind on the great Way'. Bodhisattvas are of many kinds, namely biased, shared, distinctive, and perfect. As the Treatise quotes Kātyāyanīputra explaining the completion of the six pāramitās within their distinct limits, this is to tame blood-natured beings into milk; when the Pañcaviṃśati clarifies that there are bodhisattvas whose initial resolve accords with sarvajñā, this is to tame milk into curd; when the Pañcaviṃśati clarifies that there are bodhisattvas whose initial resolve sports with supernormal powers to purify buddha lands, or like those in the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa who attain inconceivable liberation, all able to transform their bodies to ascend seats yet also submitting to being reprimanded, this is to tame curd into raw and cooked ghee; when the Pañcaviṃśati clarifies that there are bodhisattvas who, upon their initial resolve, sit beneath the tree of awakening, achieve correct awakening, and turn the wheel of the Dharma to save sentient beings, this is taming ghee into clarified butter. Therefore a later passage says: 'When bodhisattvas hear this Dharma, / their nets of doubt are all eradicated.' It also says: 'If a bodhisattva does not hear the Lotus Sūtra, he is not one who skillfully practices the bodhisattva way; if he hears this sūtra, then he skillfully practices the bodhisattva way.' Furthermore, the Mahāparinirvāṇa states: 'If a bodhisattva has not heard the Mahāparinirvāṇa, he constantly harbors expectations; if he hears the Mahāparinirvāṇa, his expectations completely cease.' Thus, there are in brief four kinds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.2.65) - [Next: 2.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.2.67) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.2.66) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.2.66) · Pramāṇa