[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) › 9.15 # 法華文句記 9.15 法華文句記 9.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.9.15) 四明行體者先出古釋，初師初云「假實」者，何教無之？未顯今行。「說法」、「離過」雖似一途，而無慈悲止觀之相。第四「慈悲」而濫向三行。基師所釋不及前師。龍師初行稍近今意。南嶽所釋若望天台，仍未委悉。故今師釋云「止觀」等者，前三皆有慈悲、止觀，且初身業又三：先明有所離故不墮，次「有止行故」下具三方軌，三「止行離」下具足三德。於中先明具德，次明相生，「餘口」下例者，三業俱有慈悲，誓願亦具止觀，故四行例同，故知還用前品為今行相，若不爾者，非善弘經。 > Fourth, regarding explaining the essence of the practices, first the explanations of past masters are presented. As for the first master initially speaking of 'provisional and real'—which teaching lacks these? It does not yet bring to light the present practice. Although 'preaching the Dharma' and 'leaving faults behind' seem like one approach, they lack the characteristics of loving-kindness, compassion, and calming and insight. The fourth, 'loving-kindness and compassion', is confusedly conflated with the preceding three practices. The explanation given by Master Ji does not equal that of the former master. Master Long's first practice is somewhat closer to the present meaning. What was explained by Nányuè, when compared to Tiantai, is still not thorough and detailed. Therefore, our master explains by saying 'calming and insight' and so forth: the first three all possess loving-kindness, compassion, and calming and insight. Moreover, the first, bodily karma, also has three \[parts\]: first, clarifying that because there is something abandoned, one does not fall; next, from 'because there is the practice of calming' below, possessing the three rules; third, from 'calming, practicing, and abandoning' below, fully possessing the three virtues. Therein, first possessing the virtues is clarified, and next their arising from one another is clarified. From 'the remaining, speech' below, which is made parallel, the three karmas all possess loving-kindness and compassion, and the vows also fully possess calming and insight; therefore, the four practices are parallel and identical. Hence we know that he still uses the preceding chapter as the characteristics of the present practices; if it were not so, one would not be skilled in propagating the sūtra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.9.14) - [Next: 9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.9.16) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719~en-mt.9.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.9.15) · Pramāṇa