大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 84.28

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疏「若別解者」下，第二廣釋。於中二：先總明所據、後開章正釋。前中，引於二文，欲釋師子。今初，《涅槃．師子吼品》，即南經二十五，若準北經當二十七。言「廣有喻合」者，今當具出。此是師子吼菩薩請問如來，如來對眾稱讚令敬菩薩，即說其德名之由，故云「今於我前欲師子吼。善男子！如師子王，自知身力牙齒鋒鋩，四足據地安住巖穴，振尾出聲。若有能具如是諸相，當知是則能師子吼。」釋曰：此下即說為十一事，經一時合，今先別合師子。經云「善男子！如來正覺智慧牙爪，四如意足六波羅蜜滿足之身十力雄猛，大悲為尾，安住四禪清淨窟宅。」釋曰：此即具有喻合，合師子也。

Under the Commentary's statement, "If explained distinctly...," the second is the detailed explanation. Within this, there are two parts: first, generally clarifying what is relied upon; and second, opening the sections to provide the direct explanation. In the former, two texts are cited to explain the lion. Now, the first: the "Chapter on the Lion's Roar" in the *Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra*, which is fascicle twenty-five of the Southern edition, or fascicle twenty-seven according to the Northern edition. Regarding "there is an extensive metaphor and its application," it should now be fully set forth. This is Bodhisattva Siṃhanāda making an inquiry to the Tathāgata, and the Tathāgata praises him before the assembly to cause them to revere the Bodhisattva, thereupon explaining the reason for his virtuous name, stating: "Now before me you wish to utter a lion's roar. Good son! Just as a lion king knows his own bodily strength and the sharpness of his teeth and claws, plants his four feet firmly upon the earth, abides securely in his rocky cave, shakes his tail, and emits a sound—if one is able to possess such marks, know that he is able to make a lion's roar." Commentary: Below, it is expounded as eleven matters; the sūtra applies the metaphor all at once, but now we first apply it separately to the lion. The sūtra states: "Good son! The Tathāgata, the Fully Awakened One, has wisdom as his teeth and claws, the four bases of supernormal power and the six pāramitās as his perfected body, the ten powers as his heroism, great compassion as his tail, and abides securely in the pure dwelling of the four dhyānas." Commentary: This fully possesses the metaphor and its application, applying it to the lion.