[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) › 2.20 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 2.20 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 2.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.2.20) 疏「盡眾生之願門則塵塵行滿」者，第八成就行願益。謂菩薩發心化盡生界，生界若盡大願方終，生界無窮大願無盡。故〈十地品〉云「若眾生界盡，我願乃盡。而眾生界不可盡故，我此大願善根無有窮盡。」今眾生界雖無有盡，而等有經卷，故普賢開之，要令盡無盡之眾生為大願矣。言塵塵行滿者，菩薩大悲不可盡，故心量難思。為一眾生，於一塵中經無量劫修行萬行，心不疲倦。塵塵皆爾，生生盡然，方顯願行無窮盡也。文殊菩薩讚善財云：「汝遍一切剎，微塵等諸劫，修行普賢行，成就菩提道。」 > Regarding the Commentary's line: "Exhausting the vow-portals for sentient beings: in mote after mote the practices are fulfilled": this is the eighth \[benefit\], the benefit of accomplishing practices and vows. This means that when a bodhisattva generates the mind to completely transform the realm of sentient beings, only if the realm of sentient beings were exhausted would the great vows end; yet because the realm of sentient beings is inexhaustible, the great vows are endless. Therefore the "Daśabhūmika Chapter" says: "If the realm of sentient beings were exhausted, my vows would then be exhausted. But because the realm of sentient beings cannot be exhausted, these roots of goodness of my great vows have no end." Now, although the realm of sentient beings has no end, they equally contain the sūtra scroll; therefore Samantabhadra opens it, requiring that exhausting the inexhaustible sentient beings be made the great vow. As for "in mote after mote the practices are fulfilled," the bodhisattva's great compassion cannot be exhausted; therefore the measure of their mind is difficult to fathom. For the sake of a single sentient being, within a single dust-mote, traversing immeasurable kalpas cultivating the myriad practices, the mind does not grow weary. Every mote is like this, and every sentient being is fully so; only then is it revealed that the vows and practices are inexhaustible. The bodhisattva Mañjuśrī praised Sudhana, saying: "You pervade all kṣetras, / For kalpas equal to dust-motes, / Cultivating the practices of Samantabhadra, / Accomplishing the path of bodhi." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.2.19) - [Next: 2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.2.21) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.2.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.2.20) · Pramāṇa