[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) › [勝鬘寶窟](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1744) › 1.46 # 勝鬘寶窟 1.46 勝鬘寶窟 1.46 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1744.1.46) 「爾時勝鬘」下，自上已來明歎如來真實第一義功德門竟。今明受十大受，可作十門釋之：一來意門。前章歎佛，明發菩提心，今次明修菩薩行。菩薩之行以止惡為本，故前明受戒。即菩提心菩薩行一雙也。二上歎佛真實功德及以請護，此明就佛受於三歸。歸依既竟，次明受戒。即歸戒一雙。三上歎佛真實功德，此福既樹，必招當果，故佛即授成佛之記。佛既記果在於當，此之當果，非行不得。行者無惡不止、無善不行、無人不度。上明當果，今辨行因，則因果一雙。四上明淨土有三：一無穢、二有淨、三純善眾生來生其國。息一切惡，得土無穢果；修一切善，得土有淨果；度一切人，得純善眾生來生其國也。以成上淨土有三義，故明受三戒。五依《瓔珞經》明有二本：一切眾生初入三寶海，以信為本；住在佛家，以戒為本。上歎佛歸依，即是信本；今欲生佛家，以戒為本，是故受戒。六《涅槃經》云「一切眾生皆有佛性，悉當成佛。」要令持戒，然後見性。戒即是引出佛性，是故受戒也。七上請護中云令法種增長，今受十大受等，即是法種增長之義，故有此章之義。 > From 'At that time Śrīmālā' onward: everything above concluded the gate of praising the Tathāgata's real, ultimate merit. Now the undertaking of the ten great vows is explained, which can be interpreted through ten gates: First, the gate of the purpose of coming. The preceding chapter praised the Buddha and explained the generation of the bodhicitta; now, next, the cultivation of bodhisattva practice is explained. Bodhisattva practice takes the cessation of evil as its basis; therefore, receiving the precepts is explained first. This is the pair of bodhicitta and bodhisattva practice. Second, the above praised the Buddha's real merit and requested protection; this explains taking the three refuges before the Buddha. Having taken refuge, receiving the precepts is explained next. This is the pair of refuge and precepts. Third, the above praised the Buddha's real merit; once this merit is established, it will inevitably incur a future fruit, so the Buddha immediately bestowed the prophecy of attaining buddhahood. Since the Buddha prophesied that the fruit lies in the future, this future fruit cannot be attained without practice. In practice, there is no evil not stopped, no good not practiced, and no person not delivered. The above explained the future fruit; now the cultivation of causes is distinguished: this is the pair of cause and fruit. Fourth, the above explained that the pure land has three aspects: 1. the absence of defilement; 2. the presence of purity; 3. purely good sentient beings coming to be born in that country. Putting an end to all evil attains the land's fruit of being free from defilement; cultivating all good attains the land's fruit of possessing purity; delivering all persons causes purely good sentient beings to come and be born in that country. To fulfill these three meanings of the aforementioned pure land, the receiving of the three \[types of\] precepts is explained. Fifth, according to the Yingluo jing, there are two foundations: when all sentient beings first enter the ocean of the Three Jewels, they take faith as the foundation; dwelling in the Buddha's house, they take the precepts as the foundation. The above praise of the Buddha and taking refuge is the foundation of faith; now, wishing to be born into the Buddha's house, one takes the precepts as the foundation, and therefore receives the precepts. Sixth, the Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: 'All sentient beings have the buddhadhātu and shall all attain buddhahood.' They must be made to uphold the precepts, and only then will they see the nature. The precepts are what bring forth the buddhadhātu; therefore, the precepts are received. Seventh, in the above request for protection, it says 'causing the seed of the Dharma to increase and grow'; now, receiving the ten great vows and so forth is precisely the meaning of the seed of the Dharma increasing and growing, and hence this chapter has this meaning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1744.1.45) - [Next: 1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1744.1.47) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1744.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1744~en-mt.1.46) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1744.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1744.1.46) · Pramāṇa