[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) › [觀音義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728) › 2.20 # 觀音義疏 2.20 觀音義疏 2.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.20) 次明修因論男女者，先辯法門，次明與願。法門者，無明為父、貪愛為母，六根男、六塵女，識為媒嫁，生出無量煩惱之子孫，此男女不勞願求，任運成眷屬也。若外書以天陽、地陰，沈動為男女，何況佛法而無此耶？若就佛為國王、經教為夫人，出生一切菩薩佛子。又，善權方便父，智度菩薩母，一切諸導師，無不由是生。又，慈悲為女、善心為男，或禪定靜細為女、觀慧分別為男。二乘定多慧少、菩薩定少慧多，《大經》云：「若聞大涅槃佛性之法，當知是人有丈夫相。」正觀剛決為男、無緣慈悲含覆一切為女。今借世間男女以表法門爾。 > Next, explaining sons and daughters in terms of cultivating causes: first distinguish the dharma gates, and next explain the granting of vows. As for the dharma gates: ignorance is the father, craving is the mother, the six sense faculties are sons, the six sense objects are daughters, and consciousness acts as the matchmaker, giving birth to sons and grandsons of boundless afflictions. These sons and daughters require no vows or seeking; they spontaneously become one's kin. If non-Buddhist writings take heaven as yang and earth as yin, sinking and moving as sons and daughters, how much more could the Buddhadharma lack this? If we take the Buddha as the king and the scriptural teachings as the queen, they give birth to all bodhisattvas and Buddha-sons. Furthermore, skillful means is the father, and the perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā) is the mother; all guiding teachers are born from them without exception. Moreover, loving-kindness and compassion are daughters, while good thoughts are sons; or, dhyāna-concentration being quiet and subtle is a daughter, while contemplative wisdom being analytical is a son. The two vehicles have much concentration and little wisdom; bodhisattvas have little concentration and much wisdom. The Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra says: "If one hears the dharma of the great nirvāṇa and Buddha-nature, one should know that this person has the marks of a heroic male." Correct contemplation that is resolute and decisive is a son; unconditioned loving-kindness and compassion that encompass all are a daughter. Here, worldly sons and daughters are merely borrowed to represent the dharma gates. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.19) - [Next: 2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.21) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728~en-mt.2.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.20) · Pramāṇa