[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) › 17.23 # 華嚴經探玄記 17.23 華嚴經探玄記 17.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [17.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.17.23) 下第三「十種說法」下有三十句，明外化攝生行。於中，初十於教能說、次十於法能持、後十於言能辨。初十中，初二說理法，一深、一妙；次四說行法，一具德法、二佛智法、三順度法、四生果法；後四說因果法，初一說三世染法因果、後三說淨法因果可知。二有十種受持者，前既宣之於口，今此蘊之於心，故次明也。於中，初七記因法、後三記果法。前中，一記持行法；二記持教法；三記順法之喻法；四巧令生解法；五令生總持法，謂少文攝多義等；六答難斷疑法；七菩薩行位法。後三中，一佛定法、二佛慧法、三佛通法。三有十種辯者，前明記持在心，今明巧宣於口故也。於中，一不取情謂故名為辯，是知若在性執，縱巧言百端，未足為辯；二順法無行；三顯無著法；四此辯亦空方為辯也；五體無無明；六辯同佛持；七辯法令他自悟；八於無名相法，巧以名言說，令他於言不作言解；九說眾生義門辯。上應機令喜辯。又前五是無作淨辯、後五有作淨辯。上來外化攝生行竟。 > Below, the third section, under 'ten kinds of expounding the Dharma', consists of thirty phrases, which clarify the practice of externally transforming and gathering in sentient beings. Among these, the first ten are capability in expounding the teaching; the next ten are capability in maintaining the Dharma; the latter ten are capability in expressing through words. Among the first ten, the first two expound the doctrine of the principle: the first is profound, the second is subtle. The next four expound the doctrine of practice: the first is the doctrine possessing virtues; the second is the doctrine of the Buddha's wisdom; the third is the doctrine conforming with deliverance; the fourth is the doctrine giving rise to the fruit. The latter four expound the doctrine of causes and fruits: the first expounds the causes and fruits of defiled phenomena of the three times; the latter three expound the causes and fruits of pure phenomena, as can be known. Second, there are the ten kinds of accepting and upholding: having previously proclaimed it with the mouth, one now stores it within the mind, which is why it is clarified next. Herein, the first seven remember causal dharmas; the latter three remember fruition dharmas. Among the former: the first remembers and maintains practice dharmas; the second remembers and maintains teaching dharmas; the third remembers metaphorical dharmas that accord with the Dharma; the fourth is the dharma of skillfully inducing understanding; the fifth is the dharma of causing dhāraṇī to arise, that is, few words gathering many meanings and so forth; the sixth is the dharma of answering objections and severing doubts; the seventh is the dharma of the stages of bodhisattva practice. Among the latter three: the first is the dharma of the Buddha's samādhi; the second is the dharma of the Buddha's wisdom; the third is the dharma of the Buddha's supernormal powers. Third, there are the ten kinds of eloquence: previously it was clarified that it is retained in the mind; now it is clarified that it is skillfully proclaimed by the mouth. Among these: the first does not grasp at subjective conceptualizations and is therefore called eloquence—from this it is known that if one is trapped in attaching to an intrinsic nature, even with a hundred varieties of clever speech, it does not suffice as eloquence; the second accords with the Dharma without action; the third reveals the dharma of non-attachment; the fourth is that only when this eloquence itself is also empty is it eloquence; the fifth has an essence free from ignorance; the sixth is eloquence identical with the Buddha's retention; the seventh is eloquence in the Dharma that causes others to awaken themselves; the eighth is skillfully using names and words to expound phenomena that have neither names nor marks, causing others not to form an understanding of words in relation to words; the ninth is the eloquence that expounds the doctrinal gates of sentient beings; \[the tenth\] above responds to their faculties, causing joy, eloquence. Furthermore, the first five are unconditioned, pure eloquence, and the latter five are conditioned, pure eloquence. The preceding clarifies the practice of externally transforming and gathering in sentient beings, which concludes \[this section\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.17.22) - [Next: 17.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.17.24) - [Up: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.17) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733~en-mt.17.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.17.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.17.23) · Pramāṇa