[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) › [花嚴經文義綱目](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734) › 1.55 # 花嚴經文義綱目 1.55 花嚴經文義綱目 1.55 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.55) 七權實者，若約三乘，佛居此娑婆界，雜眾是實，以實報生故；菩薩是權，方便現故，如經云「彼諸菩薩隱其無量自在力」等。或菩薩是實，以地前菩薩猶生此土故；雜眾是權，依《大集經》竝是他方大菩薩等權形所作故。若佛居淨土，菩薩唯實，實報生故；雜眾是化，非實有故，論云「受用土中實無此等眾生，欲令淨土不空，故化作如是雜類眾生。」若一乘中，佛在此花藏界，菩薩、雜眾或竝是實，以是海印定現，實德攝故；或俱是權，以隨緣而現故。餘義思准。 > Seventh, regarding the provisional and the real: if according to the triyāna, when the Buddha resides in this Sahā world, the mixed assembly is real because they are born through real retribution, while the bodhisattvas are provisional because they manifest through expedient means, as the sūtra says: "Those bodhisattvas conceal their immeasurable sovereign powers," and so forth. Or the bodhisattvas are real, because bodhisattvas before the bhūmis are still born in this land, while the mixed assembly is provisional, because according to the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, they are all provisional forms manifested by great bodhisattvas of other directions. If the Buddha resides in a pure land, the bodhisattvas are solely real because they are born through real retribution, while the mixed assembly is illusory and not really existent; as a treatise says, "In an enjoyment land there are truly no such sentient beings; wishing to make the pure land not empty, \[the Buddha\] magically manifests such diverse types of sentient beings." If in the Ekayāna, when the Buddha is here in this Padmagarbha world, the bodhisattvas and the mixed assembly are either all real, because they manifest through the sāgara-mudrā-samādhi and are subsumed within real virtues; or they are all provisional, because they manifest according to conditions. Other implications should be inferred accordingly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.54) - [Next: 1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.56) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734~en-mt.1.55) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [華嚴經探玄記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.2.30) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.55) · Pramāṇa