[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) › [華嚴經探玄記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733) › 16.8 # 華嚴經探玄記 16.8 華嚴經探玄記 16.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.16.8) 第二大段從「汝等應當」下明依前正勸。於中分四：初明報恩大益，勸其修行。於中有法、喻、合、結四文可知。二「諸天子其有眾生」下明背有損，勸其捨離。三「諸天子汝昔」下明昔受重恩，今應長善。四「譬如」下示以正法勸令修學，亦是示天樂空令究竟不著。於中，初舉無我有用喻，喻天報依正似有實無義。五欲具等依報、五蘊等明正報，以緣起無作，即有常空，故不生滅也。「若如是」下結成破執之定。 > The second major section, from "You all should…" onward, explains the proper admonition based on the preceding. Herein it is divided into four parts: first, explaining the great benefit of repaying kindness and admonishing them to practice. Herein there are Dharma, simile, application, and conclusion—four texts which can be understood. Second, from "Devaputras, if there are sentient beings…" onward, explaining that turning one's back \[on kindness\] brings harm, and admonishing them to abandon it. Third, from "Devaputras, formerly you…" onward, explaining that having received great kindness in the past, they should now cultivate goodness. Fourth, from "Just as…" onward, showing them the true Dharma to admonish and cause them to train and study, which is also showing that heavenly pleasures are empty to cause them ultimately not to cling. Herein, first adducing the simile of selflessness having function illustrates the meaning that the primary and environmental retributions of heavenly reward seem to exist but are actually non-existent. The implements of the five desires and so forth are the environmental retribution; the five aggregates and so forth explain the primary retribution. Because dependent origination is free of purposeful action, existence is immediately and constantly empty; hence there is neither arising nor ceasing. From "If it is thus…" onward, it concludes the concentration that breaks attachment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.16.7) - [Next: 16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.16.9) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733~en-mt.16.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.16.8) · Pramāṇa