妙法蓮華經玄贊 9.253

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贊曰：第四心脩諸善利他行。長行中分三：初明行法，次「文殊師利是菩薩等」下明安樂果，後「於無量國」下歎經勝妙。初文有二：初教慈悲，後教作念。此初也。行法緣慈欲與法樂，故於在家出家起慈。此於菩薩種姓中起，不怖生死苦，故於非菩薩謂一闡提二乘等身多怖眾苦，故起悲心，行眾生緣悲及法緣悲，其實慈、悲二類雙運。今據增上，亦不相違。《華嚴經》說：「佛子！菩薩有十種大悲常觀眾生：一觀無所歸依，二隨逐邪道，三貧無善根，四長寢生死，五行不善法，六欲縛所縛，七在生死海，八久遠長病，九無欲善法，十失諸佛法。」

The Eulogy states: The fourth mental practice is cultivating all salutary practices that benefit others. Within the prose, there are three parts: first, explaining the method of practice; next, from "Mañjuśrī, these bodhisattvas, etc." downward, explaining the fruit of peaceful dwelling; later, from "In countless lands" downward, praising the supreme excellence of the sūtra. The first text has two parts: first, teaching loving-kindness and compassion; later, teaching mindful consideration. This is the first. Regarding the method of practice, loving-kindness based on conditions wishes to bestow Dharma joy, and therefore one gives rise to loving-kindness toward both householders and renunciants. This arises within the bodhisattva lineage, not fearing the suffering of saṃsāra; hence toward non-bodhisattvas—meaning icchantikas, the two vehicles, and the like—who greatly fear all sufferings, one gives rise to compassion, practicing compassion conditioned by sentient beings and compassion conditioned by phenomena; in actuality, the two types, loving-kindness and compassion, are operated simultaneously. Here, it is based on predominance, so there is also no contradiction. The Avataṃsaka-sūtra says: "O sons of the Buddha! Bodhisattvas have ten kinds of great compassion, constantly observing sentient beings: first, observing that they have no refuge; second, that they follow heterodox paths; third, that they are impoverished and lack salutary roots; fourth, that they sleep long in saṃsāra; fifth, that they practice unwholesome phenomena; sixth, that they are bound by the bonds of desire; seventh, that they are in the ocean of saṃsāra; eighth, that they suffer from long and chronic illnesses; ninth, that they lack desire for salutary phenomena; tenth, that they have lost all the buddhas' phenomena."