[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) › 85.23 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 85.23 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 85.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [85.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.85.23) 疏「涅槃二十」者，此是闍王尋路而來，如來遙歎。經云「爾時佛告諸大眾言：『一切眾生為阿耨多羅三藐三菩提近因緣者，莫若善友。何以故？阿闍世王若不隨順耆婆語者，來月七日必定命終，墮阿鼻獄。是故近因莫若善友。』」疏「乃至廣說以為全分」者，即《涅槃》二十六說第四功德，謂親近善友，廣引舍利弗等非是眾生真善知識，我是眾生真善知識。廣引昔事，見佛成益。最後云「常修惡業，以見我故，即便捨離，如闡提比丘；因見我故，寧捨身命不毀禁戒，如草繫比丘。以是義故，阿難比丘說半梵行名善知識。我言不爾，具足梵行乃名善知識。是故菩薩修大涅槃，具足第四親近善知識。」釋曰：此言順於西域。若順此方，應言善知識是半梵行。我言不爾，善知識是全梵行故。疏義引耳。 > Regarding the Commentary's 'Nirvāṇa, fascicle twenty', this refers to King Ajātaśatru searching for the road and coming, and the Tathāgata praising him from afar. The sūtra says: 'At that time the Buddha said to the great assembly: "For all sentient beings seeking proximate causes and conditions for anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi, there is nothing like a good friend. Why is that? If King Ajātaśatru did not follow the words of Jīvaka, on the seventh day of next month he would certainly end his life and fall into the Avīci hell. Therefore, as a proximate cause, there is nothing like a good friend."' Regarding the Commentary's phrase 'extensively speaking of it as a complete share', this refers to the twenty-sixth fascicle of the Nirvāṇa \[Sūtra\] expounding the fourth merit, namely approaching good friends, citing at length that Śāriputra and others are not the true good spiritual friends of sentient beings, and that I am the true good spiritual friend of sentient beings. It extensively cites past events where seeing the Buddha brought benefit. Finally it says: '"Always cultivating evil karma, yet because of seeing me, they at once abandoned it, like the icchantika monk; because of seeing me, they would rather give up life and limb than violate the precepts, like the monk tied with grass. For this reason, the monk Ānanda spoke of half of the pure conduct being called a good friend. I say this is not so: complete pure conduct is called a good friend. Therefore, when a bodhisattva cultivates the Mahāparinirvāṇa, they fulfill the fourth \[merit\], approaching a good friend."' Explanation: These words accord with the Western Regions. If conforming to this region, one should say 'a good spiritual friend is half of the pure conduct; I say this is not so, because a good spiritual friend is the whole of pure conduct.' The Commentary cited the meaning concisely. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 85.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.85.22) - [Next: 85.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.85.24) - [Up: 85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.85) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.85.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.85.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.85.23) · Pramāṇa