[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) › 3.10 # 觀音玄義記 3.10 觀音玄義記 3.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1727.3.10) 問：聲聞根鈍，尚能速入七賢四聖；菩薩利智，何故三祇猶居頂法？答：聲聞但於一境一門修念處等，故易成就。菩薩遍於一切境界，一一四門，復加六度，久遠熏修，使一一行攝諸眾生令種熟脫，故三祇內凡化幾人超凡入聖，自身此岸、度人彼岸，故經劫長證位猶下。 > Question: The faculties of śrāvakas are dull, yet they can quickly enter the seven worthy and four noble \[stages\]; bodhisattvas have sharp wisdom, so why do they still reside at the stage of summit after three asaṃkhyeya \[eons\]? Answer: Śrāvakas cultivate the applications of mindfulness and so forth in only a single realm and through a single gate, and therefore they are easy to achieve. Bodhisattvas extensively engage all realms, each and every one of the four gates, and additionally add the six perfections, perfuming and cultivating them over a vast expanse of time, so that each and every practice gathers all sentient beings and brings them to planting, ripening, and liberation; therefore, during the three asaṃkhyeya \[eons\], who knows how many people among ordinary persons they have transformed to transcend the ordinary and enter the noble? While oneself remains on this shore, one ferries others to the other shore; therefore, though passing through long kalpas, their verified stage remains below. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1727.3.9) - [Next: 3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1727.3.11) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1727.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1727~en-mt.3.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1727.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1727.3.10) · Pramāṇa