[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) › [大方廣佛華嚴經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735) › 20.29 # 大方廣佛華嚴經疏 20.29 大方廣佛華嚴經疏 20.29 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [20.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.20.29) 第二「佛子菩薩摩訶薩住此」下答行所成德問。前文有二，今亦二段，第一答以行成因德、二答以因成果德。今初，具答十二問，各有二句：上句答下句。上云修何滅癡，今答以智。他皆倣此。二用慈降魔。夫欲害人，反招自害，苟欲安人則物我俱安，故柔勝剛、弱勝強。以慈安一切惡魔，無以施害，慈善根力其功叵量。三福則怖之以威，智則屈之以辯。次四後四文並可知。八以方便智慧出生是答，「一切菩薩」已下即是所問。準上文中，此有七事，今「波羅蜜」下欠總持句。然方便有二：若加行方便，出生地度；若善巧方便，亦生諸度及餘五法。智亦有二：若根本智即成內證，若後得智即成業用，是故此二出生此七。言清淨者，治彼障故。二「佛子」下答以因成果問。於中亦二：先結因成果，謂但勤修上來諸行，則能次第從因得果。二「於無邊世界」下正答所成之德，謂護持正法，但當勤修上來以行成因之德，自當成後護持法等諸德，故乘前結因成德明之。答上十句，文分九段：第一答初總句，如來法藏，守護開演。二佛所護念故，即答眾魔外道無能沮壞，以佛護故。三「守護受持」下，答攝持正法無有窮盡。四「於無邊」下，答於一切世界中演說法時，十王敬護，謂身勝音巧令聞者入智故。五「知諸眾生」下，答舉世同欽，稱機令喜故。六「其身端正」下，答菩薩愛敬端正有德故，其佛灌頂，在前第二佛護之中。七「善知眾心」下，答得善根力，增長白法。於中先總明三業、後「得心」下別顯十種自在皆是善根。其十自在之能，並是增長白法。八「菩薩如是」下，答開演如來甚深法藏。九「佛子菩薩得如是」下，答攝持正法以自莊嚴，於中初明自嚴、次徵、後釋。以攝正法故有十句德，亦即是前所成之德，可思準之。 > Second, from "Sons of the Buddha, when a bodhisattva-mahāsattva abides in this" below answers the question concerning the virtues accomplished by practice. The preceding text had two parts, and here there are likewise two sections: first, answering with virtues of the cause accomplished through practice; second, answering with virtues of the fruit accomplished through the cause. Here, the first fully answers twelve questions, each having two clauses: the upper clause answers the lower clause. Above it asked what one cultivates to extinguish delusion; here it answers with wisdom. The others are all modeled on this. Second, using loving-kindness to subjugate Māra. One who desires to harm others in turn brings harm upon oneself; if one desires to bring peace to others, both self and other are at peace, hence softness overcomes hardness, and weakness overcomes strength. Using loving-kindness to bring peace to all evil māras leaves them with nothing by which to inflict harm; the power of the root of goodness of loving-kindness has immeasurable efficacy. Third, with merit one frightens them with majesty; with wisdom one refutes them with eloquence. The next four and the following four texts are all understandable. Eighth, "arising through skillful means and wisdom" is the answer; from "all bodhisattvas" onward is the question. According to the preceding text, there are seven things here; now below "pāramitā" it lacks the clause on dhāraṇī. However, skillful means has two aspects: if it is the skillful means of preparatory application, it gives rise to the stages and pāramitās; if it is the skillful means of expedience, it also gives rise to the pāramitās and the remaining five dharmas. Wisdom also has two aspects: if it is fundamental wisdom, it accomplishes internal realization; if it is subsequent wisdom, it accomplishes karma and function; therefore, these two give rise to these seven. "Purity" means remedying those hindrances. Second, from "Sons of the Buddha" below answers the question concerning virtues of the fruit accomplished through the cause. Within this there are also two parts: first, concluding that the fruit is accomplished through the cause, meaning that if one merely diligently cultivates the aforementioned practices, one will be able to proceed sequentially from cause to fruit. Second, from "In boundless worlds" directly answers regarding the virtues accomplished, meaning protecting and upholding the true Dharma; if one merely diligently cultivates the aforementioned virtues of accomplishing the cause through practice, one will naturally accomplish the subsequent virtues such as protecting and upholding the Dharma; hence, taking up the preceding, it concludes by clarifying virtues accomplished through the cause. Answering the above ten clauses, the text divides into nine sections: First answers the initial general clause: the Tathāgata's Dharma-treasury, guarding and expounding it. Second, "being protected and remembered by the Buddhas" answers that all māras and non-Buddhists cannot obstruct or destroy them, because they are protected by the Buddhas. Third, from "Guarding, upholding, and receiving" answers embracing and upholding the true Dharma without end. Fourth, from "In boundless" answers that when expounding the Dharma in all worlds, the ten kings revere and protect them, meaning their body is supreme and their voice is skillful, causing listeners to enter into wisdom. Fifth, from "Knowing the minds of sentient beings" answers being revered in unison by the entire world, according with their capacities to make them rejoice. Sixth, from "Their bodies are upright and dignified" answers the bodhisattva being loved and revered for being upright and virtuous; the Buddha's consecration was already included in the second section above on the Buddha's protection. Seventh, from "Skillfully knowing the minds of all" answers attaining the power of roots of goodness and increasing wholesome dharmas. Within this, it first generally clarifies the three karmas; next, from "Attaining the mind" separately reveals that the ten kinds of mastery are all roots of goodness. The capacities of the ten masteries all increase wholesome dharmas. Eighth, from "When a bodhisattva is like this" answers expounding the Tathāgata's profound Dharma-treasury. Ninth, from "Sons of the Buddha, when a bodhisattva attains such" answers embracing and upholding the true Dharma to adorn oneself; within this, it first clarifies self-adornment, next inquires, and then explains. Because of embracing the true Dharma, there are ten clauses of virtues, which are also the aforementioned virtues accomplished; one should reflect on and infer this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 20.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.20.28) - [Next: 20.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.20.30) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735~en-mt.20.29) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.20.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.20.29) · Pramāṇa