[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) › [觀音玄義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1727) › 1.47 # 觀音玄義記 1.47 觀音玄義記 1.47 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1727.1.47) 二、「悲心」下，示運心，二：初、二誓明悲。今既通示世間之言兼兩三界，後出世間亦當例此。二、「以慈」下，二誓明慈。前拔苦中果重因輕，故先拔重；今與樂中因顯果密，故先與顯。斯是菩薩利物之心，則與聲聞知苦斷集、慕果修因不同故也。若《瓔珞》中明四誓云「未度苦諦令度苦諦，未解集諦令解集諦，未安道諦令安道諦，未得滅諦令得滅諦。」彼經所立四皆利他。今文所列三通自行，應知語有自他、意必雙具。二、「但前」下，約四教辯相。以其立誓須依四諦，若不依諦名為狂願。何者？四既稱諦，則能審實迷解之相、苦樂之際、依此起誓方有拔苦與樂之理。儻於法不諦、徒興與拔之心、終成狂簡之願。此有二：初、例前科。二、「若三」下，明四教依諦立誓。須知權實各有事理，故以四教明乎諦相。生滅無生、無量無作、皆明菩薩依之起誓。初、三藏。此教為於迷真重人，說世出世二因二果，不即真理，故互生滅。菩薩觀此興有作誓，有生可度、有惑可斷、有法可知、有佛可成。四皆有作，諦使然也。 > Second, from "The mind of compassion..." onward, shows the stirring of the mind, in two parts: First, two vows explain compassion. Since the term 'worldly' generally indicates both the two triple worlds, what comes later regarding the 'transmundane' should also be patterned after this. Second, from "With kindness..." onward, two vows explain kindness. Previously, in extracting suffering, the fruit was heavy and the cause was light, hence the heavy was extracted first; now, in bestowing joy, the cause is manifest and the fruit is subtle, hence the manifest is bestowed first. This is the bodhisattva's mind to benefit beings, differing from the śrāvaka who knows suffering, severs its accumulation, admires the fruit, and cultivates the cause. In the \*Yingluo jing\*, explaining the four vows, it states: "Those who have not crossed over the truth of suffering, make them cross over the truth of suffering; those who have not understood the truth of accumulation, make them understand the truth of accumulation; those who have not settled in the truth of the path, make them settle in the truth of the path; those who have not attained the truth of cessation, make them attain the truth of cessation." The four established in that sūtra are all for benefiting others. The three listed in the present text also extend to one's own practice; one should know that while the words speak of self and other, the intent must fully contain both. Second, from "However, the preceding..." onward, discriminates characteristics according to the four teachings. Because making vows must rely on the four truths, if one does not rely on the truths, they are called wild vows. Why? Since the four are called truths, they can scrutinize and verify the characteristics of delusion and awakening, the boundaries of suffering and joy; only by initiating vows on this basis is there the principle of extracting suffering and bestowing joy. If one is not truthful toward phenomena and vainly raises the mind of bestowing and extracting, it will ultimately become a wild and reckless vow. This has two parts: First, parallels the preceding section. Second, from "If the Tripiṭaka..." onward, explains establishing vows in reliance on truths across the four teachings. One must know that the provisional and real each have matter and principle; therefore, the characteristics of the truths are explained through the four teachings. Arising and perishing, non-arising, immeasurable, and non-contrived—all explain the bodhisattva's initiating vows in reliance upon them. First, the Tripiṭaka \[Teaching\]. For those heavily deluded about the real, this teaching speaks of mundane and transmundane two causes and two fruits; because they are not identical to the real principle, they mutually arise and perish. The bodhisattva, contemplating this, raises contrived vows: there are sentient beings to be crossed over, afflictions to be severed, teachings to be known, and Buddhahood to be accomplished. All four are contrived; it is the truth that makes them so. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1727.1.46) - [Next: 1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1727.1.48) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1727.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1727~en-mt.1.47) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1727.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1727.1.47) · Pramāṇa