[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) › [法華玄論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720) › 1.143 # 法華玄論 1.143 法華玄論 1.143 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1.143) 答：上以三周開權顯實破三乘執，即是發菩提心。發菩提心竟，應修菩薩行。如《華嚴》善財童子於一一知識所皆云「我已先發菩提之心，而未知云何修菩薩行學菩薩道。」故次發心即是明修行也。二者說菩薩行即是說《法華經》。《法華經》正明一乘，一乘即是菩薩行，故就菩薩行明一乘。故此經云「教菩薩法，佛所護念」也。三者上來自說及證說即竟，欲示弘經模軌，模軌即是四行，故說菩薩行也。四者為封言之徒聞上開權顯實明一辨三，便謂有三一、有開有合。是故今明菩薩行諸法實相，無上中下，非一非三、非開非合，三一開合皆是方便化物，故說菩薩行。五者有人欲求佛道，畏憚生死多諸患難，故退菩提心息諸斷行。今為此人，故明菩薩有四行，令身心安樂。其人聞已堅固不退，故說菩薩行。六者欲發起如來壽命之果，故說菩薩行。下品明如來有不可思議之果，所謂生滅自在無礙。如此妙果必由妙因，是故今明菩薩行即是妙因也。〈安樂行品〉竟。 > Answer: Above, using the three cycles to open the provisional and reveal the real broke the attachments of the three vehicles, which is precisely the generating of the bodhicitta. After having generated the bodhicitta, one should cultivate the bodhisattva practices. Just as in the \*Avataṃsaka\*, the youth Sudhana said to each and every spiritual friend: "I have already generated the bodhicitta, but I do not yet know how to cultivate the bodhisattva practices and train in the bodhisattva path." Therefore, following the generation of the mind is the clarification of practice. Second, speaking of the bodhisattva practices is precisely speaking of the \*Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra\*. The \*Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra\* properly clarifies the one vehicle; the one vehicle is precisely the bodhisattva practices; therefore it clarifies the one vehicle in terms of the bodhisattva practices. Hence this sūtra says: "Dharma taught to the bodhisattvas, protected and kept in mind by the buddhas." Third, the above personal teaching and corroborating teaching having been completed, it wishes to show the model for propagating the sūtra; the model is precisely the four practices; hence it speaks of the bodhisattva practices. Fourth, for those who cling to words, upon hearing above the opening of the provisional and revealing of the real, clarifying the one and discerning the three, they would immediately claim that there are three and one, and that there are opening and merging. Therefore, it is now clarified that the bodhisattva practices the true mark of all dharmas, which has neither superior, intermediate, nor inferior, and is neither one nor three, neither opening nor merging; three and one, opening and merging, are all skillful means to transform beings; hence it speaks of the bodhisattva practices. Fifth, there are people who wish to seek the buddha path, but fearing the numerous perils and hardships of saṃsāra, they regress from the bodhicitta and halt all practices of severance. Now, for the sake of these people, it clarifies that bodhisattvas have four practices that cause body and mind to be peaceful and joyful. Upon hearing this, those persons become steadfast and non-regressing; hence it speaks of the bodhisattva practices. Sixth, it is because it wishes to initiate the fruition of the Tathāgata's life span that it speaks of the bodhisattva practices. The chapter below clarifies that the Tathāgata has an inconceivable fruit, namely unhindered mastery over arising and perishing. Such a wonderful fruit necessarily comes from a wonderful cause; therefore, clarifying the bodhisattva practices now is precisely \[clarifying\] the wonderful cause. The "Chapter on Peaceful and Joyful Practice" ends here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1.142) - [Next: 1.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1.144) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720~en-mt.1.143) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1.143) · Pramāṇa