[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) › [大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736) › 16.16 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 16.16 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 16.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [16.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.16.16) 疏「三用大」等者，文中三：初正釋用大、二「涅槃又云」下引證，亦是第五經、南經〈四相品〉。以迦葉復問：「如佛言曰：『我已久度煩惱大海。』若佛已度煩惱海者，何緣復納耶輸陀羅、生羅睺羅？以是因緣，當知如來未度煩惱諸結大海。唯願如來說其因緣。」佛告迦葉：「汝不應言如來久度煩惱大海，何緣復納耶輸陀羅、生羅睺羅。以是因緣如來未度煩惱大海。善男子！是大涅槃能建大義，汝等今當至心諦聽、廣為人說，莫生驚疑。若有菩薩摩訶薩住大涅槃，須彌山王如是高廣，悉能取令入於芥子。其諸眾生依須彌住者，亦不迫迮、無往來相，如本無異。唯應度者見是菩薩以須彌山內芥子中，復還安置本所住處。」下廣說作用竟，結云「善男子！是菩薩摩訶薩住大涅槃，即能示現種種無量神通變化，是故名曰大般涅槃。是菩薩摩訶薩所可示現如是無量神通變化，一切眾生無能測量。汝今云何能知如來習近愛欲生羅睺羅？善男子！我已久住是大涅槃，種種示現神通變化。」彼經即約果用，今意明是即體之用、本有之用。下「佛果有相用」者，皆由本自有故。 > Regarding the Commentary's passage, "3. Greatness of function," etc.: within the text there are three parts: first, directly explaining the greatness of function; second, citing proof from "The Nirvāṇa \[Sūtra\] also says" onwards, which is also from the fifth fascicle, the "Four Characteristics" chapter in the southern edition. This is because Kāśyapa asked again: "As the Buddha has said: 'I have long since crossed over the great ocean of afflictions.' If the Buddha has already crossed over the ocean of afflictions, for what reason did he take Yaśodharā \[as wife\] and father Rāhula? By this causal condition, one should know that the Tathāgata has not yet crossed over the great ocean of all fetters and afflictions. We only pray that the Tathāgata will explain the causal condition for this." The Buddha addressed Kāśyapa: "You should not say that if the Tathāgata had long since crossed over the great ocean of afflictions, for what reason did he take Yaśodharā and father Rāhula, and that by this causal condition the Tathāgata has not crossed over the ocean of afflictions. Good son! This Great Nirvāṇa can establish great meaning. You all should now listen attentively with utmost sincerity and expound it broadly for others; do not give rise to alarm or doubt. If there is a bodhisattva-mahāsattva who abides in the Great Nirvāṇa, \[even if\] Mount Sumeru, king of mountains, is so high and broad, he can take all of it and cause it to enter into a mustard seed. The sentient beings who dwell relying upon Mount Sumeru are not cramped, nor do they have any notion of coming or going, being no different from before. Only those who should be saved see this bodhisattva place Mount Sumeru inside the mustard seed and then restore it to its original dwelling place." After explaining the functions at length below, it concludes by saying: "Good son! When this bodhisattva-mahāsattva abides in the Great Nirvāṇa, he can display various immeasurable supernatural powers and transformations; therefore it is named Mahāparinirvāṇa. As for such immeasurable supernatural powers and transformations that this bodhisattva-mahāsattva can display, no sentient beings can measure them. How can you now know that the Tathāgata consorted with sensual desire and fathered Rāhula? Good son! I have long dwelled in this Great Nirvāṇa, displaying various supernatural powers and transformations." That sūtra pertains to the function of the fruit; the present intent clarifies that this is the function inherent in essence, the function fundamentally possessed. The subsequent statement that "the Buddha-fruition possesses characteristics and functions" is entirely because they are fundamentally self-existent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.16.15) - [Next: 16.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.16.17) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.16.16) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大般涅槃經集解](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.12.57) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.16.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.16.16) · Pramāṇa