[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) › 31.6 # 大方廣佛華嚴經疏 31.6 大方廣佛華嚴經疏 31.6 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [31.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.31.6) 問：何為地前顯圓融德，地上行布彰淺劣耶？答：顯一乘故。云何顯耶？三乘之位，地前行布、地上圓融。今一乘位，地前地上俱有行布、圓融。若俱雙辯，則前後不異。若地前行布、地上圓融，則全同三乘前淺後深，又似行布圓融各別，教行不知法性、教行非即非離，故於地前但顯圓融已過三乘，地上多明行布以顯超勝。勝相云何？謂賢位始終已圓融自在，登地已去則甚深甚深，言所不至，若不寄位何以顯深？不包三乘何以顯廣？故虛空鳥迹迹迹合空，大海十德德德皆海，地地之中具攝一切諸地功德，文文之內皆云若以殊勝願力復過於此不可數知。故剛藏俟五請而方說，世親以六相而圓融，意在斯矣。 > Question: Why is it that before the stages the quality of perfect interpenetration is revealed, whereas on the stages gradual deployment is displayed to show shallowness and inferiority? Answer: It is to reveal the Ekayāna. How does it reveal it? In the stations of the Triyāna, there is gradual deployment before the stages and perfect interpenetration on the stages. Now in the stations of the Ekayāna, there are both gradual deployment and perfect interpenetration both before the stages and on the stages. If both were expounded together \[in both places\], then there would be no difference between the earlier and the later. If there were gradual deployment before the stages and perfect interpenetration on the stages, it would be entirely the same as the Triyāna, where the earlier is shallow and the later is deep, and it would also seem as if gradual deployment and perfect interpenetration were separate, so that in doctrine and practice one would not know the dharmatā and doctrine and practice would be neither identical nor separate. Therefore, merely revealing perfect interpenetration before the stages already surpasses the Triyāna, while on the stages mostly elucidating gradual deployment reveals transcendence. What is this transcendent mark? It means that from beginning to end in the stations of the worthy \[bodhisattvas\] there is already perfect interpenetration and sovereignty; once the stages are ascended, they are profound, exceedingly profound, where speech cannot reach. If one did not consign \[the practice\] to the stations, how could their depth be revealed? If they did not encompass the Triyāna, how could their breadth be revealed? Thus, the tracks of a bird in empty space: each track conforms to the sky; the ten qualities of the great ocean: each quality is the ocean itself. Within each and every stage, the merits of all stages are fully subsumed. Within each and every passage of the text, it says: "If, by the power of superior vows, it exceeds this again, it cannot be known by counting." Therefore Vajragarbha waited for five requests before speaking, and Vasubandhu used the six characteristics to make them perfectly interpenetrate. The intention lies right here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 31.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.31.5) - [Next: 31.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.31.7) - [Up: 31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.31) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735~en-mt.31.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.31.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.31.6) · Pramāṇa