[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) › 6.30 # 妙法蓮華經文句 6.30 妙法蓮華經文句 6.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.6.30) 「父每念子」下，第四，即是父憂念子譬。此中亦二：一、念失子之苦。如來自昔至今，恒思子大機，故言「每念」。「五十餘年」者，五道也。開鬼出修羅，故言「餘」也。「未曾說」者，未曾向方便有餘土中臣佐吏人說有此子機緣也。又應世已來自昔《華嚴》方等《大品》諸座，未曾向諸大士說此聲聞本是大乘之子。既非佛子，不解佛法，或如聾啞，或花著拜座，或棄鉢茫然，種種不逮也。「心懷悔恨」，悔昔不勤教詔致令無訓逃逝，恨子不惟恩義疎我親他，內合如來悔不殷勤令入內凡，遂使退失。本解恨其無心不能精進固志逃迷不返，故言悔恨也。「自念老朽」者，化期將畢無傳大法之人，如老朽而無子也。 > From "The father constantly thought of his son" down: Fourth, this is the analogy of the father sorrowfully thinking of his son. Herein there are also two parts: 1. thinking of the pain of losing the son. The Tathāgata from the past down to the present constantly reflects on the son's great capacity, hence it is said "constantly thought." "Fifty-odd years" represents the five destinies. Opening the pretas to bring forth the asuras is why it says "odd." "Never spoke of it": He never spoke to the ministers, assistants, clerks, and commoners in the land of expedients with remainder of the presence of this son's capacity and conditions. Furthermore, since responding to the world, from the past in the assemblies of the Avataṃsaka, Vaipulya, and Great Prajñāpāramitā, he never spoke to the great beings of these śrāvakas originally being sons of the Mahāyāna. Since they were not sons of the Buddha, they did not understand the Buddha Dharma, appearing as if deaf and mute, or having flowers cling to them while bowing to the seat, or dropping their almsbowls in bewilderment—falling short in various ways. "His heart harbored regret": He regretted not having diligently taught and admonished him in the past, causing him to be without instruction and flee; he resented the son for not reflecting on kindness and duty, estranging himself from me and becoming close to others. In internal correlation: the Tathāgata regretted not having earnestly caused him to enter the internal ordinary stage, thereby causing him to regress and lose his original understanding; he resented his lack of resolve and inability to be vigorous and steadfast in aspiration, fleeing in delusion and not returning; hence it says "regret." "He thought to himself: 'I am old and decrepit'": The period of conversion is about to end, and there is no one to transmit the great Dharma, like being old and decrepit without a son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.6.29) - [Next: 6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.6.31) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.6.30) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.6.30) · Pramāṇa