大華嚴經略策 1.22

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第十五、十波羅蜜。問：諸經之中多說六度，今言有十，其故何耶？答：欲登妙位非行不階，行雖千門不出十度。為治六弊說六度門，欲顯圓融復治十障故說十度。然一一度各各相收，從其增微以為十種：一施、二戒、三忍辱、四精進、五禪定、六般若、七方便、八願、九力、十智。施謂財、法、無畏，無不皆捨；戒乃防非止惡內外無瑕；忍則順違不干諦察忍可；精進則離身、心相，萬行增修；禪定則念、慮皆亡，安心理境；般若則心無分別，善達性空；方便則涉有常空，施為無礙；願度則上求下化，窮盡未來；力度則思、修功成，萬境不動；智度則決斷無惑，證法怡神。或一念之中十度齊起，故經云「不取眾相而行施，本絕諸惡堅持戒，解法無害常堪忍，知法性離常精進，已盡煩惱入諸禪，善達性空分別法，具足智力能博濟，滅除諸惡稱大士。」十度廣義備於《大疏》。謹對。

Fifteenth: The Ten Pāramitās. Question: Among various sūtras, six pāramitās are mostly spoken of; now it is said there are ten, what is the reason for this? Answer: If one desires to ascend to the wondrous stage, without practice it cannot be reached; although practices have a thousand gates, they do not go beyond the ten pāramitās. To cure the six faults, the gate of the six pāramitās is taught; to reveal perfect interfusion and further cure the ten obstructions, the ten pāramitās are taught. Yet each single pāramitā mutually contains the others; according to their increase and prominence, they are taken as ten kinds: 1. giving, 2. morality, 3. patience, 4. vigor, 5. meditation, 6. prajñā, 7. skillful means, 8. vow, 9. power, 10. wisdom. Giving means material goods, Dharma, and fearlessness, renouncing everything without exception; morality is preventing wrongdoing and halting evil, without blemish inwardly or outwardly; patience is having agreeable and disagreeable conditions not disturb, closely examining and acquiescing; vigor is departing from characteristics of body and mind, multiplying the cultivation of myriad practices; meditation is having mindfulness and thought both perish, settling the mind in the realm of principle; prajñā is having the mind without discrimination, skillfully penetrating the emptiness of nature; skillful means is engaging with existence while ever empty, acting without hindrance; the vow pāramitā is seeking above and transforming below, exhausting the future; the power pāramitā is having thought and cultivation accomplished, unmoved by myriad objects; the wisdom pāramitā is being decisive without delusion, realizing the Dharma and delighting the spirit. Or in a single thought-moment the ten pāramitās arise together; hence the sūtra says: 'Practicing giving without grasping at characteristics; inherently cutting off all evils and upholding pure morality; understanding that dharmas are harmless, always able to endure; knowing that dharma-nature is detached, always vigorous; having exhausted afflictions, entering the concentrations; skillfully penetrating the emptiness of nature, discerning dharmas; possessing the power of wisdom, able to save broadly; extinguishing all evils, one is called a Great Being.' The extensive meaning of the ten pāramitās is fully detailed in the Great Commentary. Respectfully answered.