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觀音義疏 2.64

觀音義疏 2.64

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Classical Chinese

2.64

二、明梵身者,梵即色天主,名為尸棄,此云頂髻。《瓔珞》明四禪皆有王,此言梵者,應是初禪頂,猶有覺觀語法,得為千界之主也。觀音修白色三昧,不取、不捨。不取故,不隨禪生;不捨故,應為梵王說出欲論四句,現身,以權引實。

Second, explaining the body of Brahmā: Brahmā is the lord of the form devas, named Śikhin, which is translated here as "topknot." The Yingluo jing explains that all four dhyānas have kings; what is spoken of here as Brahmā must be the summit of the first dhyāna, which still has the dharmas of vitarka, vicāra, and speech, and is capable of being the lord of a thousand realms. Avalokiteśvara cultivates the white samādhi, neither grasping nor rejecting. Because he does not grasp, he is not born in accordance with dhyāna; because he does not reject, he responds by preaching the four propositions of discourse on transcending desire for King Brahmā, manifesting his body to lead from the provisional to the real.

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