[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) › 5.49 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 5.49 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 5.49 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.5.49) 疏「極位所承凡情難揖」者，三結成難思。揖，由測也。九地已下皆測量不及，唯十地菩薩位極能承故。《十地經》云「譬如娑竭羅龍王所霔大雨，唯除大海，餘一切處皆不能安、不能受、不能攝、不能持。如來祕藏大法明、大法照、大法雨亦復如是，唯除第十地菩薩能安能受能攝能持，餘一切眾生聲聞獨覺，乃至第九地菩薩，皆不能安不能受不能攝不能持。」第五經云「佛子眾會廣無限，欲共測量諸佛智。諸佛法門無有邊，能悉了知甚為難。」喜目云：「諸佛法海無有邊，我悉一時能普飲」等，證上可知。 > Regarding the commentary's "Received only at the ultimate stage, difficult for ordinary sentiments to plumb": This is the third part, concluding its inconceivability. "To plumb" (揖) means to measure. Below the ninth bhūmi, none can reach it by measurement; only bodhisattvas of the tenth bhūmi, whose stage is ultimate, are capable of receiving it. The Daśabhūmika-sūtra states: "Just as with the great rain poured down by the dragon king Sāgara, with the sole exception of the great ocean, no other place can rest in it, receive it, gather it, or hold it. The great Dharma illumination, great Dharma radiance, and great Dharma rain of the Tathāgata's secret treasury are also like this: with the sole exception of bodhisattvas of the tenth bhūmi who can rest in it, receive it, gather it, and hold it, all other sentient beings, śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, and even bodhisattvas up to the ninth bhūmi, are all incapable of resting in it, receiving it, gathering it, or holding it." The fifth fascicle of the sūtra states: "The assembly of Buddha-sons is vast and boundless, / wishing together to measure the wisdom of the Buddhas. / The dharma-doors of the Buddhas have no boundary; / to be able to fully understand them is exceedingly difficult." Ximu says: "The Dharma-ocean of the Buddhas has no boundary; / I am able at once to drink it entirely," and so forth. The citations above make this clear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.5.48) - [Next: 5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.5.50) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.5.49) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.5.49) · Pramāṇa