[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) › 7.75 # 法華義疏 7.75 法華義疏 7.75 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.7.75) 善根有三義故生：一者、法種眾苦而樂求涅槃，故苦極而求離。二者、眾生曾稟大化而善根種子不可朽滅。三者、諸佛菩薩有三種化：初、一往化、即昔為說大乘。二、隨逐化，眾生背化起惑流浪生死，諸佛菩薩隨入生死而化度之。三、畢竟化，令得成佛然後乃捨。今是三化之中隨逐化，故得生善根也。 > Wholesome roots arise due to three reasons: First, it is the nature of phenomena that when experiencing manifold sufferings one aspires to seek nirvāṇa; therefore, when suffering reaches its peak, one seeks release. Second, sentient beings have once received the great conversion, and the seeds of wholesome roots cannot decay and perish. Third, Buddhas and bodhisattvas have three kinds of conversion: 1. the initial conversion, which was expounding the Mahāyāna for them in the past; 2. the pursuing conversion: when sentient beings turn away from the conversion, give rise to delusion, and drift in birth and death, Buddhas and bodhisattvas follow them into birth and death to transform and liberate them; 3. the ultimate conversion: bringing them to attain Buddhahood before finally letting go. Here, it is the pursuing conversion among the three conversions; therefore, they are able to generate wholesome roots. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.7.74) - [Next: 7.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.7.76) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721~en-mt.7.75) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.7.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.7.75) · Pramāṇa