[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) › 5.48 # 妙法蓮華經文句 5.48 妙法蓮華經文句 5.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5.48) 長者譬為三：一、名行；二、位號；三、德業。名如賓、行如主，行有親疎、名有近遠，故舉處所以顯名行也。封疆為國最遠，宰治為邑居中，聚落是隣閭最近，長者名行遍此三處，近不見其細陋，遠但挹其高風，口無擇言、身無擇行、意無擇法，名行相稱真實大人，內合如來三業，隨智慧行稱機施化，名稱普聞德周法界也。舊以十方虛空慈悲所被處名國，三千為邑，一四天下為聚落；又大千為國，中千為邑，小千為聚落。今皆不用，《大論》六十云：「柔順忍為聚落，無生忍三菩提為城。」因果共為譬，今經直用果德為譬，實報土為國，有餘土為邑，同居土為聚落，從本垂迹，攝迹反本，名行相稱無賓主之異，彪炳洋溢遍三土也。 > The parable of the elder has three parts: 1. Name and conduct; 2. Rank and title; 3. Virtuous deeds. Name is like the guest, conduct is like the host; conduct has intimacy and distance, name has proximity and remoteness; hence the locations are raised to reveal name and conduct. The border territory is the state, which is the most distant; the administrative seat is the city, which is in the middle; the village is the adjacent hamlet, which is the closest. The elder's name and conduct pervade these three places: up close, no pettiness or vulgarity is seen in him; from afar, people only admire his noble style. His mouth utters no selective words, his body performs no selective conduct, and his mind holds no selective dharmas; his name and conduct correspond, making him a true great man. Internally, this accords with the Tathāgata's three karmas acting in accordance with wisdom, dispensing teaching according to capacity, his fame universally heard and his virtue encompassing the dharma realm. Formerly, it was held that the space of the ten directions covered by compassion was called the state, the trichiliocosm was the city, and one four-continent world was the village; or that the great trichiliocosm was the state, the medium chiliocosm was the city, and the small chiliocosm was the village. None of these are used now. Fascicle sixty of the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa states: "Conformant forbearance is the village; the sambodhi of the forbearance of non-arising is the city." Cause and effect together serve as the parable; the present sūtra directly employs the virtues of the fruit as the parable: the Land of Real Reward is the state, the Land with Remainder is the city, and the Land of Common Abode is the village. Manifesting traces from the origin, gathering the traces back to the origin, name and conduct correspond without distinction between guest and host, brilliantly overflowing and pervading the three lands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5.47) - [Next: 5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5.49) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.5.48) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5.48) · Pramāṇa