[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) › [法華義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721) › 12.120 # 法華義疏 12.120 法華義疏 12.120 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.12.120) 「無盡意白佛」下，第二、釋普門明觀音德。又上雖嘆觀音能拔苦與樂，未知以何濟拔？故今釋言。一一難或用身業神通拔，或口業說法拔，或意業密拔，亦前問、次答。問亦有三：一、標能問人。「白佛言」下，第二、正問。「觀世音菩薩」下，第三、明所問人。亦有三別：「云何遊此」下，問身業，次問口業，「方便之力」問意業。「佛告」下，第二、答。答中亦有三：一、正答問，辨三輪德；二、勸供養；三、總結稱嘆。初正詶三問故明三輪德，既有勝德即是福田故須供養，明三輪德即是施主。次辨供養顯於福田，福田施主既彰，故總結稱嘆。初文又二：第一、別明三十三身十九說法；第二、總結一切身教及方便也。初文又三：一、現聖方便；二、示凡方便；三、示非凡非聖方便。初門明三乘聖，即為三別，一一中皆答三問，「應以之言」答意業問，「即現佛身」答身業問，「而為說法」答口業問。上從顯至隱故云身口意，今從本至末故意身口。前意業知機、次現身、後說法。 > From "Akṣayamati addressed the Buddha" onward is the second \[section\], explaining the universal gateway and clarifying Avalokiteśvara's virtues. Furthermore, although the previous text praised Avalokiteśvara as able to pull \[beings\] out of suffering and grant joy, it was not yet known by what means he rescues and pulls them out; thus it is now explained. Each and every difficulty is pulled away either by the bodily action of supernatural powers, or by the verbal action of preaching the Dharma, or by the mental action of secret rescue. Here too there is first a question and next an answer. The question also has three parts: first, designating the person able to question; from "addressed the Buddha, saying" onward, second, the actual question; from "Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara" onward, third, clarifying the person asked about. There are also three distinctions: from "how does he travel through this" onward, he asks about bodily karma; next he asks about verbal karma; "power of expedient means" asks about mental karma. From "The Buddha told" onward is the second \[part\], the answer. In the answer there are also three parts: first, directly answering the question by explaining the virtues of the three wheels; second, encouraging offerings; third, summarily concluding with praise. The first directly responds to the three questions and therefore clarifies the virtues of the three wheels; since he has supreme virtues he is a field of merit, and thus one must make offerings to him; clarifying the virtues of the three wheels means he is the donor. Next, explaining the offerings makes evident the field of merit; once the field of merit and the donor have been demonstrated, he summarily concludes with praise. The first text also has two parts: first, specifically clarifying the thirty-three bodies and nineteen preachings of the Dharma; second, summarily concluding all bodily teachings and expedient means. The first text also has three parts: first, manifesting the upāya of sages; second, displaying the upāya of ordinary beings; third, displaying the upāya of neither ordinary beings nor sages. The first portal clarifies the sages of the three vehicles, which is divided into three: in each and every one the three questions are answered: the words "should be with" answer the question on mental karma, "immediately manifests a Buddha's body" answers the question on bodily karma, and "and preaches the Dharma for them" answers the question on verbal karma. Above, from the manifest to the hidden, it stated body, speech, and mind; here, from the fundamental to the derivative, it gives mind, body, and speech. First, mental karma knows the capacities; next, he manifests a body; finally, he preaches the Dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.12.119) - [Next: 12.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.12.121) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721~en-mt.12.120) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.12.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.12.120) · Pramāṇa