[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) › 3.12 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 3.12 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 3.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.3.12) 疏「因緣者」下，疏文有二：一生起大意；二「先因後緣」下，開章別釋。前中有三：一正釋、二引證、三解妨。今初，先法；次「若須彌」下喻；後「今搖如來」下合，如來合山、智慧合海。此文意出《智論》，今轉勢用之。《智論》中「問曰：佛以何因緣說般若波羅蜜經？諸佛不以無事及小事因緣而自發言。譬如須彌山王，不以無事及小事因緣故動。今以何等大因緣故，說般若波羅蜜經？」此中論意，即以說般若為動須彌。今開須彌約能說人，智海通能所說。動能說之佛智，說如來之智海，並即不共般若。又於經中廣說佛身及與佛智，故佛身及智並通所說。疏「故下經」下，二引證也。疏「出現本為」下，三解妨也。有伏難云：非一緣等，乃明出現之緣。今將證說，豈為愜當？故今通云出現本為一大事因緣，一大事因緣即華嚴佛智，明知出現之緣即華嚴緣也。 > Regarding \[the passage in\] the Commentary beginning with "As for 'causes and conditions'": the commentary's text consists of two parts: first, a presentation of the general import; second, from "First the causes, then the conditions" onward, laying out the headings and explaining them individually. Within the former there are three parts: first, the direct explanation; second, citing proof texts; third, resolving an objection. Here, in the first part, there is first the exposition of principle; next, from "Just as Mount Sumeru" onward, an analogy; and finally, from "Now, shaking the Tathāgata's" onward, the application of the analogy: the Tathāgata corresponds to the mountain, and the wisdom corresponds to the ocean. The idea of this text derives from the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra, here adapted and applied. In the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra it says: "Question: For what causes and conditions did the Buddha speak the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra? The Buddhas do not utter words spontaneously for no reason or for petty causes and conditions. Just as the king of mountains, Mount Sumeru, does not shake for no reason or for petty causes and conditions, now for what great cause and condition did he speak the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra?" In that treatise, the intent was to take speaking the Prajñāpāramitā as the shaking of Mount Sumeru. Here, opening up Mount Sumeru is applied to the person capable of preaching, while the ocean of wisdom encompasses both that which is capable of preaching and that which is preached. Shaking the Buddha's wisdom capable of preaching and speaking of the Tathāgata's ocean of wisdom both constitute the distinct \[Mahāyāna\] prajñā. Furthermore, within the sūtra, the Buddha's body and the Buddha's wisdom are extensively expounded; thus both the Buddha's body and his wisdom encompass what is preached. The Commentary's passage beginning "Hence a subsequent sūtra" is the second part, citing proof texts. The Commentary's passage beginning "The appearance \[in the world\] was fundamentally for" is the third part, resolving an objection. There is a hidden objection that states: "Passages such as 'not by a single condition' clarify the conditions for his appearance in the world. How could using them now to prove the preaching of the teaching be appropriate?" Hence it is now resolved by explaining that the appearance in the world was fundamentally for the sake of the one great cause and condition, and this one great cause and condition is none other than the Avataṃsaka's Buddha-wisdom. Thus one clearly knows that the conditions for his appearance are precisely the conditions for the Avataṃsaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.3.11) - [Next: 3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.3.13) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.3.12) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大智度論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.pancavimsatisahasrika!mahaprajnaparamitopadesa*zh-kumarajiva.1.14) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.3.12) · Pramāṇa