[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) › 80.52 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 80.52 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 80.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [80.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.80.52) 「第八出現轉大法輪」，今初等者明轉法輪。釋曰：然法輪義：廣如別章。今略以三門分別：一釋名、二出體、三轉相。今初。然《俱舍論》亦名梵輪，如來大梵之所轉故。言法輪者，法即軌持，輪者如帝王輪，從喻得名。略有四義：一圓滿義，具轂輻輞軸等體用周備故。二摧壞義，摧壞煩惱，如摧未伏等。三鎮遏義，已伏煩惱，令勢轉遠故，如鎮已伏。四不定義，從見至修，修至無學；從自至他，他信至解，解至行果等。而言轉者，說也。故總釋云：流演圓通名之為輪，自我之彼故名為轉。若別說者，略有四義：轉謂動也、顯也、運也、起也。動宣言教，顯揚妙理，運聖道於聲前，起真智於言後，圓摧障惱，名轉法輪。釋曰：此四約教、理、行、果。如其次第，下出轉體不出四故。出體轉相，在文具之。 > "Eighth, appearing to turn the great wheel of Dharma": now, "first" and so forth explains the turning of the Dharma wheel. Explanation: The meaning of "Dharma wheel" is broad, as detailed in a separate chapter. Now it is briefly distinguished through three gates: 1. explaining the name; 2. bringing out the essence; 3. the characteristics of the turning. Now to the first: The Abhidharmakośa-śāstra also calls it the Brahmā-wheel (brahmacakra), because it is turned by the Tathāgata, the Great Brahmā. As for the term "Dharma wheel," "Dharma" means model and support, while "wheel" is like the wheel of a monarch, deriving its name from an analogy. It has briefly four meanings: 1. The meaning of perfection: because it is fully equipped in essence and function with hub, spokes, rim, axle, and so forth. 2. The meaning of crushing: it crushes afflictions, like subduing the unvanquished and so forth. 3. The meaning of suppressing: it causes the momentum of afflictions already subdued to turn far away, like suppressing those already subdued. 4. The meaning of indefiniteness: advancing from seeing to cultivation, and from cultivation to no-learning; from oneself to another, and from another's faith to understanding, and from understanding to practice, fruition, and so forth. And saying "turning" means preaching. Hence the general explanation states: rolling forth and flowing in round unobstructedness is called "wheel"; proceeding from oneself to the other is called "turning." If explained separately, there are briefly four meanings: "turning" means moving, revealing, conveying, and giving rise to. Moving proclaims the verbal teaching; revealing holds aloft the wondrous principle; conveying drives the noble path prior to sound; giving rise to awakens true cognition after words; completely crushing obstacles and afflictions—this is called turning the Dharma wheel. Explanation: These four correspond to teaching, principle, practice, and fruition in proper sequence, because the essence of the turning brought out below does not go beyond these four. Bringing out the essence and the characteristics of the turning are fully contained in the text. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 80.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.80.51) - [Next: 80.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.80.53) - [Up: 80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.80) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.80.52) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.80.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.80.52) · Pramāṇa