[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) › 8.354 # 法華義疏 8.354 法華義疏 8.354 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.354](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8.354) 「眾人皆疲倦」下，頌第二、中途說小譬。上有三：一、知機；二、說教；三、得益。今具頌之。上知機有二：初、小機發，一行頌之；次、照機，一行頌之。「尋時思方便」下，頌第二、正說教，上有三：一、說教；二、誡；三、勸。今具頌之。「城郭」者，城者別譬二涅槃，郭是城外郭邑，通譬無學果位諸功德也。「莊嚴諸舍宅」者，舍宅薗林皆在郭內，別譬果地諸餘功德，有漏五陰既名生死舍宅，無漏五陰聖人所栖為舍宅也。「周匝有薗林」者，《淨名經》以總持為薗，小乘亦隨分有也。《阿含經》中慈悲喜捨以為四薗，無漏諸行稱之為林也。「渠流及浴池」者，九次第定更相灌注稱為渠流，八解脫名為浴池。《阿含經》以四禪為四池：一、有覺有觀池，二、無覺無觀池，三、護念清淨池，四名、無苦無樂池。「重門高樓閣」者，三三昧名曰重門，盡無生智稱高樓閣。又諸禪中有勳禪練禪，皆是禪之極，名高樓閣。「男女皆充滿」者，定慧為男女，亦得慈悲心為女、善心誠實為男，聲聞隨分有也。「即作是化已」半行，頌第二、誡門。次半行，頌第三、勸也。「諸人既入城」一行，頌第三、得益。 > From "The people were all weary and exhausted" onwards, the verses summarize the second part: midway preaching the parable of the lesser \[vehicle\]. Above there were three parts: first, knowing their capacities; second, preaching the teaching; third, attaining benefit. Here they are summarized in full. In "knowing their capacities" above there were two parts: first, the lesser capacity manifests, summarized by one verse; next, illuminating their capacity, summarized by one verse. From "Immediately thinking of an expedient means" onwards, the verses summarize the second part: formally preaching the teaching. Above there were three parts: first, preaching the teaching; second, warning; third, exhorting. Here they are summarized in full. "Walled city": "city" separately allegorizes the two nirvāṇas; "outer wall" is the outer fortification of the city, which generally allegorizes the various merits of the adept's (aśaikṣa's) fruition level. "Adorned with various dwellings": dwellings and gardens are all within the outer wall, separately allegorizing the other various merits of the fruition stage; since the contaminated five aggregates are called the dwellings of birth and death, the uncontaminated five aggregates in which the sages dwell are dwellings. "Surrounded on all sides by gardens and groves": the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa Sūtra takes dhāraṇī to be a garden, which the Hīnayāna also possesses according to its capacity. In the Āgamas, loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity are taken to be the four gardens, and the various uncontaminated practices are called groves. "Channels, streams, and bathing ponds": the nine successive concentrations flowing into one another are called channels and streams; the eight liberations are called bathing ponds. The Āgamas take the four dhyānas as four ponds: first, the pond with vitarka and vicāra; second, the pond without vitarka and without vicāra; third, the pond of purified mindfulness through protection; fourth, the pond of neither-pain-nor-pleasure. "Double gates and high pavilions": the three samādhis are called double gates; the knowledge of destruction (kṣayajñāna) and the knowledge of non-arising (anutpādajñāna) are called high pavilions. Furthermore, among the various dhyānas there are the "meritorious dhyāna" and the "purified dhyāna," which are both the culmination of dhyāna, called high pavilions. "All filled with men and women": concentration and wisdom are men and women; one can also take a mind of loving-kindness and compassion as women, and a good and sincere mind as men, which śrāvakas also possess according to their capacity. "Having made this conjuration" in half a verse summarizes the second part, the aspect of warning. The next half a verse summarizes the third part: exhortation. "Once the people had entered the city" in one verse summarizes the third part: attaining benefit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.353](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8.353) - [Next: 8.355](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8.355) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721~en-mt.8.354) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8.354](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8.354) · Pramāṇa