[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) › [妙法蓮華經玄贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723) › 5.316 # 妙法蓮華經玄贊 5.316 妙法蓮華經玄贊 5.316 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.316](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5.316) 贊曰：讚乘勝德。初明不同生死，後明乘之勝德。此初也。生死聖訶、三乘聖歎，生死繫縛煩惱所增為不自在，三乘無漏故非繫縛乃名自在。有漏之法名為有依，異熟果依因有、異熟因依果成，有漏生死勝者人天，可有所求謂三種求。三乘不然非所求取，無過失而求之，非無失而不求。三求者：一欲求，二有求，三邪梵行求。《瑜伽論》說墮欲求者，一切皆為三種欲生，更無增減。三欲生者：一現住欲塵生，謂人及知足天已下。二自變欲塵生，第五欲天。三他變欲塵生，第六欲天。墮有求者一切皆為三種樂生：一離生喜樂灌灑其身，二定生喜樂灌灑其身，三以離喜樂灌灑其身，初二三定如次配之。於不苦不樂寂靜生處起退求者，極為尠小，故第四定不立為生。邪梵行求者，謂諸外道求四無色以為涅槃解脫處故。今非此三求，故名無求。雖有梵行求，以無漏故，即是無上正梵行求，非邪梵行求故。 > The Commentary says: Praising the supreme virtues of the vehicles. First, he clarifies how they differ from saṃsāra; second, he clarifies the supreme virtues of the vehicles. This is the first. Saṃsāra is rebuked by the noble ones, while the three vehicles are praised by the noble ones. Saṃsāra is fettered and multiplied by afflictions, so it lacks self-mastery; the three vehicles are undefiled (anāsrava), so they are not fettered and are therefore called self-mastery. Defiled (sāsrava) dharmas are called "possessing dependence": the fruition of retribution depends on causes for its existence, and the causes of retribution depend on fruitions for their fulfillment. Among defiled saṃsāra, the superior states are humans and devas, in which there is that which may be sought—namely, the three kinds of seeking. The three vehicles are not like this: they are not grasped by seeking; one seeks without fault, and it is not that they are faultless yet unsought. The three kinds of seeking are: first, the seeking of sensual desire (kāmaiṣaṇā); second, the seeking of existence (bhavaiṣaṇā); third, the seeking of improper religious practice (brahmacaryaiṣaṇā). The Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra states that all those who fall into the seeking of sensual desire are born into the three kinds of desire, with no more and no less. The three births of desire are: first, birth into currently abiding sensual objects, meaning humans and those below the Tuṣita heaven; second, birth into sensual objects created by oneself, the fifth desire heaven; third, birth into sensual objects created by others, the sixth desire heaven. All those who fall into the seeking of existence are born into three kinds of bliss: first, joy and bliss born of detachment sprinkling and soaking their bodies; second, joy and bliss born of samādhi sprinkling and soaking their bodies; third, bliss detached from joy sprinkling and soaking their bodies—matching the first, second, and third dhyānas respectively. Those who give rise to a degenerated seeking for the tranquil birthplaces that are neither-painful-nor-pleasant are extremely few, so the fourth dhyāna is not established as a \[separate\] birth. The seeking of improper religious practice refers to the various non-Buddhists seeking the four formless realms, taking them to be the abode of nirvāṇa and liberation. Now, \[the three vehicles\] are free of these three kinds of seeking, hence they are called "without seeking." Although there is the seeking of pure conduct (brahmacarya), because it is undefiled, it is the supreme, correct seeking of pure conduct, not the seeking of improper religious practice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.315](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5.315) - [Next: 5.317](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5.317) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723~en-mt.5.316) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5.316](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5.316) · Pramāṇa