[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) › [法華文句記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719) › 7.16 # 法華文句記 7.16 法華文句記 7.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.7.16) 「今佛」下以有斥無具指四見，明機成感佛及佛出機成。若通論機雖通十界，終於十界取出世機；今從別置通用消此品，是故下文東南方梵云「一百八十劫空過無有佛」，乃至上方云「於無量億劫空過無有佛」，大通出世乘光而來，當知中間皆蒙冥被。「於中求正道」等者，以計常等而為正道，種種苦行以為助道，雖思惟邪理堪為正機，然由久遠大種熏被。「大經云諦觀四方」者，《大經》三十「如恒河中七種眾生，第一人者入水即沒，譬一闡提。第二人者出已復沒，有信故出、不修故沒。第三人者出已不沒，即內凡人。第四人者入已沒，沒已出，出已住，遍觀四方；身重故沒，有力故出，習浮故住，不知出處機，遍觀四方，譬於四果觀於四諦。第五人者入已沒，沒已出，出已住，住已觀方，觀方已行，怖故即去，譬支佛也。第六人者入已即去，淺處即住。何以故？觀賊近遠故。譬菩薩也，不住生死故去，安心故住淺處。第七人者即至彼岸。」外道得度皆由觀諦，與觀方義同，是故暫引。 > From "the present Buddha" onward, using existence to refute non-existence, it fully points to the four views, clarifying that when the capacity is formed it stimulates the Buddha, and that when the Buddha appears the capacity is formed. If discussed generally, although capacity pervades the ten realms, ultimately from among the ten realms it takes the capacity for world-transcendence. Now, setting aside the general and adopting the specific to explain this chapter, therefore the subsequent text says that the Brahmā of the southeast said, "For one hundred and eighty kalpas, it has passed in vain without a buddha," and even the zenith said, "For immeasurable koṭis of kalpas, it has passed in vain without a buddha." When Mahābhijñājñānābhibhū appeared in the world, they came riding the light; one should know that in the interim they all received secret influence. Regarding "seeking the correct path therein" and so forth: taking reckoning permanence and the like as the correct path, and various ascetic practices as auxiliary paths, although thinking upon perverse principles, they were capable of becoming the correct capacity; nevertheless, this was due to the perfuming and influence of the great seed from the distant past. Regarding "The \*Great Sūtra\* says: carefully contemplating the four directions": fascicle thirty of the \*Great Sūtra\* states, "Just as there are seven kinds of sentient beings in the Ganges River: the first person, entering the water, immediately sinks, which is compared to an icchantika. The second person emerges and then sinks again: because he has faith, he emerges; because he does not cultivate, he sinks. The third person emerges and does not sink, who is the internal ordinary person. The fourth person enters and sinks, sinks and emerges, emerges and stays, and looks all around the four directions: because his body is heavy, he sinks; because he has strength, he emerges; because he practices floating, he stays; not knowing the location of emergence, he looks all around the four directions—this is compared to contemplating the four noble truths in the four fruits. The fifth person enters and sinks, sinks and emerges, emerges and stays, stays and contemplates the directions, and having contemplated the directions, moves; because of fear, he immediately leaves, which is compared to a pratyekabuddha. The sixth person enters and immediately leaves, staying in a shallow place. Why? Because he observes whether the thieves are near or far; this is compared to a bodhisattva, who does not dwell in birth and death and therefore leaves, and sets his mind at peace and therefore stays in a shallow place. The seventh person reaches the other shore immediately." The non-Buddhists obtaining deliverance is entirely through contemplating the truths, which is identical in meaning to contemplating the directions; therefore, it is temporarily cited. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.7.15) - [Next: 7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.7.17) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719~en-mt.7.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.7.16) · Pramāṇa