[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) › 19.9 # 華嚴經探玄記 19.9 華嚴經探玄記 19.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.19.9) 第四「答言」下示己法界。於中三：初舉法門體、二「善男子我因」下明業用、三「我唯」下結其名。初中，文殊教者，表明人能護戒故知相，十善是吉、十惡是凶。戒相非一，故云算數法。《智論》云「菩薩戒品，微塵數也。」善惡因果理決定，故名印法。又有人釋云，初相凶，除斷律儀戒也；次算善，恒修攝善戒也；後印機，救療攝生戒也。因此得一切巧術等者，巧知世法轉成出世之用。是天竺本我得巧能轉變一切法智。二明業用中二：初顯相印二法功能，以相知善惡印除災故，是故同辨。二「復次」下現算法巧能。羅叉，此云萬也。三結己分可知。 > Fourth, under “He answered,” showing his own dharmadhātu. There are three parts here: first, presenting the essence of the Dharma-gate; second, under “Good man, based on… I,” explaining the karmic function; third, under “I only,” concluding with its name. In the first, being taught by Mañjuśrī signifies that a wise person can protect the precepts and therefore knows the signs: the ten virtues are auspicious, and the ten non-virtues are inauspicious. Because the signs of the precepts are not one, it is called the “method of reckoning.” The Zhilun says: “The categories of bodhisattva precepts are as numerous as paramāṇus.” Because the principle of karmic cause and effect of good and evil is definite, it is called the “seal method.” Another explains: first, the signs of inauspiciousness mean eliminating and severing \[unwholesome acts\] in the prātimokṣa precepts; next, reckoning good means constantly cultivating the precepts that embrace good dharmas; last, sealing faculties means rescuing and curing in the precepts that embrace sentient beings. “Consequently obtaining all skillful arts,” etc., means skillfully knowing worldly dharmas and transforming them into supramundane functions. This is the Indic text's “I attained the wisdom of skill in transforming all dharmas.” In the second part, explaining the karmic function, there are two: first, revealing the functions of the two methods of signs and seals, because knowing good and evil through signs and eliminating calamities through seals are discussed together. Second, under “Furthermore,” displaying the skillful power of the method of reckoning. Lakṣa is translated here as ten thousand. Third, concluding his own domain may be understood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.19.8) - [Next: 19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.19.10) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.19) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733~en-mt.19.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.19.9) · Pramāṇa