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新華嚴經論 2.34

新華嚴經論 2.34

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Classical Chinese

2.34

五猶如大海能受大雨,無量大雨一時渧入,若水及海皆同海味無有前後。此經亦爾,為此經說十住初心初發心時便成正覺,同得如來一切智味。經云「以小方便疾得菩提」,如善財、龍女等,其人也。

Fifth, just as the great ocean can receive great rain, so that immeasurable great rain pours into it at one time, yet the water and the ocean are both of the same ocean taste without before or after, this sūtra is also like this: for this sūtra explains that at the initial mind of the ten abodes, when one first arouses the mind [for bodhi], one straightaway attains perfect awakening, equally obtaining the single taste of all the Tathāgata's knowledge. The sūtra says: 'Through minor expedient means, one swiftly attains bodhi'—such persons as Sudhana, the dragon girl, and others are examples of this.

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