[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) › 71.37 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 71.37 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 71.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [71.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.71.37) 疏「如大威燈光仙人所問經」者，彼云《問疑經》，此仙為首，廣有問答，末後諸仙問此義云：「眾生義持，猶如流星各各別異，云何得成真實聚集？」下取意引。佛言：「無時方處而得聚集。過一乘已，菩薩地中方得聚集，無餘涅槃中方得聚集，如百川歸海。」又云：「我雖說煩惱平等中得聚集，亦非聚集。如風吹蟲聚在一處，風息還散。眾生亦爾，業風吹聚地獄餓鬼等處，業盡還散。」又問意云：先同在六道，後人中相遇，云何得知先來聚集？佛言：「大仙人！所有眾生若相見時，心不歡喜生嗔結恨，或時頭痛、或時失禁大小便利。當知是輩已於先世地獄之中曾聚集相。」又問：「若先世曾在畜生中，有百千萬身一處者，云何可知？」佛言：「彼生人中各相見時，結成嗔怨、常見其便，我當何時覓得其便。即畜生中曾聚集相。若餓鬼中來，常樂臭穢，復多貪食，設欲與他，心不去離，生惱貪著。或復見彼富貴勢力，心生嫉妬，復常欲得彼人財物。若有先世同在人中曾共一處者，於現世中若相見時，更生欲心。若有先世共在天中，若相見時，各以眼道遠相攝取共相眷愛。」仙人聞此稱讚如來是一切智。 > Regarding the commentary’s “As in the \*Sūtra of the Questions of the Ṛṣi Great Light of Majesty\*”: that text is called the \*Sūtra on Inquiring into Doubts\*, in which this ṛṣi is the foremost, containing extensive questions and answers. At the end the ṛṣis asked about this meaning, saying: “Sentient beings' holding of meanings is like shooting stars, each distinct and separate; how can a true gathering together be achieved?” Below, the gist is cited. The Buddha said: “There is no time, direction, or place in which gathering together is attained. Only after passing beyond the single vehicle, in the bodhisattva grounds, is gathering together attained; in nirvāṇa without remainder is gathering together attained, like a hundred rivers returning to the ocean.” He also said: “Although I have spoken of gathering together in the equality of defilements, it is also not a gathering together. Just as insects blown by the wind gather in one place, and when the wind ceases they scatter again, sentient beings are also like this: blown by the wind of karma to gather in places such as the hells and hungry ghosts, when karma is exhausted they scatter again.” They also asked with the meaning: Having previously been together in the six destinies and later meeting among humans, how may it be known that they were previously gathered together? The Buddha said: “Great Ṛṣi! When any sentient beings see each other and their minds are displeased, giving rise to wrath and harboring hatred, or at times suffer headaches, or lose control of urination and defecation, you should know that these people show the signs of having once gathered together in the hells in previous lives.” They also asked: “If in previous lives they were once among animals, with hundreds of thousands of bodies in one place, how can this be known?” The Buddha said: “When they are born among humans and see each other, they form enmity and resentment, constantly looking for an advantage against each other, \[thinking\], ‘When shall I find an advantage over them?’ This is the sign of having previously gathered together among animals. If they have come from among hungry ghosts, they constantly delight in foul stench and are greedy for food; even if they wish to give to another, their minds cannot let go, and they produce distress and greedy attachment. Or again, seeing the wealth and influence of others, their minds give rise to jealousy, and they constantly desire to obtain the other person’s property. If they were in previous lives together in one place among humans, then in the present life when they see each other, they give rise further to minds of lust. If they were in previous lives together among the gods, then when they see each other, their gazes from afar draw each other in, and they mutually feel fond affection.” Hearing this, the ṛṣi praised the Tathāgata as omniscient. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 71.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.71.36) - [Next: 71.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.71.38) - [Up: 71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.71) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.71.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.71.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.71.37) · Pramāṇa