[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) › 8.44 # 法華義疏 8.44 法華義疏 8.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8.44) 「三千大千世界」者，有人言：此譬五乘眾生所住處，下明草木喻能住五乘之眾生也。有人言：大地是能生，譬過去世習因，草木是所生，譬現在世習果也。今謂大地譬過去佛教，佛教無私能生眾生善根，譬同大地。故下文云「一地所生」，即其證也。所生五乘種子，譬同草木，但過去佛教廣被無邊，譬同三千大千世界，此對迦葉嘆佛一方之迹，今欲歎無方之化，故舉大千為譬也。「山川谿谷土地」者，上總嘆佛教能生，今別嘆五乘教為能生也。有人一一別配，義多不似，今宜略之。 > As for "the major trichiliocosm," some say: this illustrates the places where sentient beings of the five vehicles dwell, and the grasses and trees below illustrate the sentient beings capable of dwelling within the five vehicles. Some say: the great earth is that which can produce, illustrating the habitual causes of past ages; the grasses and trees are what is produced, illustrating the habitual fruits of the present age. We now say: the great earth illustrates the Buddha's teachings of the past; the Buddha's teachings are impartial and capable of producing the good roots of sentient beings, so they are likened to the great earth. Therefore, the passage below says, "produced by one earth," which is proof of this. The seeds of the five vehicles produced are likened to the grasses and trees; but the Buddha's teachings of the past broadly covered \[all\] boundlessly, so they are likened to the major trichiliocosm. This is in contrast to Śāriputra's praising the traces of the Buddha in a single region; now, wishing to praise the transformation that has no fixed direction, the trichiliocosm is thus adduced as a parable. As for "mountains, rivers, ravines, valleys, and lands," above, the Buddha's teachings were praised in general as capable of producing; now, the teachings of the five vehicles are praised in particular as capable of producing. Some match each of these individually, but the meanings are largely unsuitable, so we should omit them here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8.43) - [Next: 8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8.45) - [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.8.44) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8.44) · Pramāṇa